Word: spheres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both of the old parties are in the grip of the psychosis that increasing arms are the answer to security," he added. And in the domestic sphere, he said, even the Democrats aid programs are "about like sending a get well card to someone who is terminally...
...arbitrary arrest and detention of all Palestinian men between the ages of 14 and 60 found within the Israeli sphere of occupation, aside from its chillingly racist overtones, also violated international law protecting the rights of civilians in occupied areas. The thousands of Palestinians who remain in detention camps in Southern Lebanon have not been accorded prisoner of war status, an on-going violation of international law regarding treatment of prisoners in times...
Hostility toward government workers from the outside is nothing new, but there is a serious danger that this new, internal criticism will drive talented governmetn workers into the already-alluring private sector. Regardless of differing claims as to the proper sphere of government activity, it clearly serves no one's interests to make members of the federal bureaucracy frustrated and defensive. Perhaps the time has come for the public to throw a supportive cloak around these naked civil servants, since the President's policies clearly work to strip them of their self-respect...
...Ershad announced, in a burst of religious enthusiasm, that the Koran would be read this year at Feb. 21 ceremonies honoring Bengalis killed in 1951, when the fight for independence from Pakistan began. Said Ershad: "The ideals and principles of Islam will be reflected in every sphere of state and national life." Ershad's statement shocked the nation and especially incensed Bangladesh's non-Muslim minority (10% of the population), who saw it as a betrayal of the founding principles of the state...
...fact, the sphere of the report is unapologetically the real world. To those under investigation the commission was, in effect, putting the question "Who are you kidding?" And the question was not wholly rhetorical. In matters of guilt and innocence the gray area is often the largest, and this is the area judicial bodies are usually loath to enter. Yet this commission claimed the territory. Where the report might easily have shrugged away the problem of blame, asserting that these matters of moral choice are so private no one can plumb them, it said in stead these are private areas...