Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nearly an old leftist, certainly no paragon of virtue, to stand in judgement of anybody else? Involvement in history and retreat from engagement make us accomplices. And yet, the ideas of the neo-Conmen are so smugly, so self-righteously and militantly stated, their entire stance is so triumphalist, that little fellow-felling with these people is possible. They do not seem to acknowledge their human frailty or fallibility. They are not making Americans more cozily familial or deeply religious or keenly responsive to the needs and obligations of society. They led to a fence outside Laramie--and then, what...
...years ago would have been unthinkable: That almost all nations in the world would join in one forum to discuss conflicts; that the diseases that were endemic in many parts of the world no longer pose a threat to millions of people; that there are armed forces willing to stand between the opponents of peace...
...Every time we come down here, they get us onthis crap-hard field, pack it in, and then boot itout and hope to run on it," Stauffer said. "It's achallenge for us because we're used to havingplayers mark us up, and they just stand backthere--almost in a zone--and don't challenge ourdefenders at all. It just gets really crowded inthere, and it's really frustrating, but we're gladto...
Mansfield's brave stand this week is not the first time he has walked in the face of conventional wisdom, and it will undoubtedly not be the last. But before you start frothing at the mouth and pronouncing your condemnations of the man, perhaps you should stop to reflect on the legitimacy of his message...
...objection but even to the most reasonable calls to mere reflection and restraint. It is therefore not surprising that no one at Tuesday's Faculty meeting saw fit to offer a substantive reply to Mansfield's complaints. It is easier for those secure in their enlightenment to simply stand silently aghast at the ignorant in their midst, especially when it's just some old codger like Harvey Mansfield...