Word: stand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...problems outlined in previous editorials in this series, it is, by this very act of limitation, also making itself responsible for what these undergraduate organizations do. This is because, if the Dean's Office assumes the right to regulate groups in the best interests of Harvard, it must also stand responsible for what it voluntarily permits organizations to do on their own. Not only does this make the functions of the Dean's Office impracticably complex, it also is an intolerable limitation on the rights of students, who can only learn to hear responsibilities if they are given the opportunity...
...East had suffered attendance drops and because effective action against television would have to come from the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The eastern schools, Harvard included, are currently gathered in New York for their annual meeting, and it's expected that they will try to agree on a united stand against TV to bring to the NCAA's January meeting...
...that struggle, cooperation between the U.S. and Britain is "the linchpin of the structure," said Monty. "None of us can stand alone and none are doing so today ... In Western Europe, the eyes and thoughts of everyone are ever turning westward . . . They look to the English-speaking nations and wonder if they can count on their help: definitely. We must not let them have any doubts...
...Charge? Other reasons he left unmentioned, but one was written large in last summer's headlines. In answering up to Republican Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper's charges of maladministration, Lilienthal had rekindled the partisan politics which blazed up during the fight over his nomination. Should he stand for reappointment in 1950, he reasoned that neither he nor the program would benefit from another tumultuous going-over...
...methodically. Once Hiss's lawyer, Claude B. Cross, suggested: "I don't like to interrupt, but I believe that is irrelevant." Big, austere Judge Goddard stroked his chin. "You are probably right. But it really isn't prejudicial to your client. Let's let it stand...