Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Poland has always represented the suffering Christ. To have been sold down the river many times (once by an American President) and not have lost faith is indeed miraculous. That the Vicar of Christ should come from these people is merely a reaffirmation of the presence of the Holy Spirit...
Contrary to what Frank Trippett says in his Essay [Oct. 23], the "very heart of American democracy" is not a "spirit of accommodation and mutual respect." Rather, it is the protection of the rights of the individual as guaranteed by the Constitution. It is precisely these rights that differentiate the democracy of the U.S. from the "democracy" practiced in Communist countries where the rights of society always come before those of the individual. Thank God for factionalism because, Mr. Trippett, it is democracy...
Indeed, the antitax spirit often seemed strong even where measures were technically defeated. Michigan voters refused to okay a 50% rollback in property levies, but approved a modest limit on state spending. Tax relief failed in Oregon, but only because voters split their support almost equally between two anti-tax amendments; as a result, neither polled the simple majority required for passage. Only in Nebraska, Colorado and Maryland were antitax and spending proposals clearly rejected...
...Still, it is clear that the powers and purposes of both parties are becoming thoroughly circumscribed. It would be lamentable if some day the nation's two great political parties were reduced to performing merely decorative and ceremonial duties, with candidates taking the party label in the same spirit that ships sail under Liberian registry-a flag of convenience, and no more. - Lance Morrow
Many students in the three Houses at the Radcliffe Quad said this week they feel pressured to pay so-called optional activities dues to their House Committees, but several members of Quad House Committees defended the dues as Radcliffe tradition and a way to promote House spirit...