Word: straw
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sexual harassment policy and, most recently, has been weighing a proposal by Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education Sidney Verba '53 to establish a comprehensive harassment policy that includes a provision for a central office to handle complaints Initial support for the proposal appeared strong, but a recent straw vote taken at a meeting of the council's steering committee showed a majority in opposition to the creation of such an office...
...final straw for most moderate students, and the issue that "radicalized" them, was decision to call in the police to clear University Hall. Before the bust, the occupiers were a clear minority; after, they became "a martyred band that had destroyed the credibility of a university and its decision making procedures," as one observer...
...meeting marked by heated debate and parliamentary intricacy, the Undergraduate Council last night voted to further consider a motion censuring the Pi Eta Speakers Club for its recent newsletter. After the adjournment of the meeting, the remaining members passed such a resolution in an information straw vote...
Until only a few years ago, American consumers tended to regard 35-mm cameras as tricky devices loaded with inscrutable dials and knobs. Now they are as much a part of the tourist's gear as a straw hat and Bermuda shorts. The company most responsible for the change is Japan's Canon (1983 revenues: $2.8 billion). In 1976 it brought out a revolutionary model called the AE-1. Containing a built-in microprocessor, the camera made exposure settings a snap. An aggressive ad campaign that used sports stars to tout the AE-l's easy handling...
...police came, I was ready for a nervous breakdown. We learned that the housekeeper had been called by the alarm company when the alarm went off. Mad that I was staying in the house, she had decided to scare me. Explanations or no explanations, this was the last straw; the police had to stay an extra hour to calm me and my friend down...