Word: similarities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...community idealiy characterized by free expression, free expression, free inquiry, intellectual honesty, respect for the dignity of others and openness to constructive change." After four years of contact with the Navy, I cannot fairly say that the NROTC program espouses those values. Any endorsement of a group without similar values weakens Harvard's claims to those defining characteristics...
...instructor's behavior was abhorrent and warranted disciplinary action. It was also extraordinary. I have not seen a similar incident since then. But the Navy does regularly lose people to or dismiss people for homosexuality. At least two people from my class voluntarily left the program because they were gay. A former instructor also left for the same reason. The shame is that good leaders are denied the opportunity to serve in the armed forces beacuse of whom they love...
...poll conducted April 4-5 for TIME and CNN by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman produced similar results. While half of those questioned believe abortion is wrong, 67% favor leaving the decision to a woman and her doctor. Fifty-four percent still support the Roe decision, and 62% oppose limiting a woman's right to have an abortion during the first three months of pregnancy. In effect, most Americans would treat abortion as something like divorce -- an anguishing decision but not a crime. Pro-life forces want to convince them that abortion is more like murder -- one of those acts that cannot...
...Iowa and three similar warships were built during World War II and designed to withstand shelling from Japan's battleships. The Iowa was fitted with nine 16-in. guns capable of propelling shells weighing as much as 2,700 lbs. a distance of 23 miles. Three six-story turrets holding the guns were encased in armor up to 17 1/2 in. thick. When last week's explosion occurred during training exercises about 330 miles off Puerto Rico, that protective armor turned the turret into a tightly sealed pressure cooker...
Ovalle said the celebration of Cinco de Mayo will be very similar to traditional celebrations in Mexico. "We still maintain the cultural thread," Ovalle said...