Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Furthermore, there is a disturbing strain of racial and religious prejudice underlying Prof. Kilson's remarks which must not go unnoticed by any thinking member of the Harvard-Radcliffe community. Prof. Kilson owes every Jewish and black student an apology for his advocacy of the abrogation of their first amendment rights and for the sour notes of prejudice apparent in his letter. Stephen Alton Saperstein...
...modified without becoming capricious? Can America practice selective morality-taking a high moral tone with some nations, while making pragmatic exceptions for others? The Vance statement arbitrarily condemned three countries not only as immoral but as unimportant to boot. To his credit, Vance admitted that there was a strain of hypocrisy in the new policy. It raised the specter of endless arguments over which countries deserve or do not deserve assistance...
Lanier continued to try to smooth the differences, but at one point, the strain was so great that he talked of taking a Cowens-esque leave from the team to "get some peace of mind." As Brown's control over the players slips away, Lanier has assumed some of the coach's perquisites, seemingly running the Pistons and even taking himself out of the game when he, not Brown, feels that he needs a rest. Still, Lanier has logged more playing time than any other N.B.A. center. His teammates more and more seem to concentrate on glaring...
...many times greater than that an inoculated person would succumb to Guillain-Barré syndrome. The panel's choice was clear: it advised Califano to make the flu shots available, which he promptly did. At the same time, because of an outbreak in some states of another flu strain, B/Hong Kong (for which a single vaccine is available), Califano announced he was encouraging local authorities to resume vaccinations against that strain as well...
...invented them, fairies would have to exist. How else could mortals account for lost objects and the malfunctions of the material world? It was no accident that a new strain of elves-gremlins-magically appeared at about the time of World War II, when things began going wrong with airplanes. For centuries the presence of fairies helped temper parental rage at the misbehavior of children; the ethereal little devils were responsible. When things went bump in the night, it was far better to suspect the hobgoblins than creatures more substantial and threatening. Most important, the winged folk held...