Word: strivings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...CONSTRUCTION OF an ivory tower, as a symbol of the decision-making process about divestment, and of an open university, as an ideal toward which Harvard should strive, illustrates a problem, a fundamental contradiction, that is at the core of a variety of sources of discontent among students, faculty and the community around the University. As a university Harvard espouses ideals of free discourse and democratic decision-making, but as an institution it is run like a large corporation...
...powers to obstruct the new conservative majority. Said he: "This majority is numerically weak, but it exists. It is thus from its ranks that I will summon the person I will have chosen to form the new government." Leaning majestically forward, Mitterrand added, "As for me, I will strive both at home and abroad to defend our liberties, our independence, our commitment to Europe and our rank in the world." He thus laid claim to the overall conduct of defense and foreign affairs...
...wanted to do a news story on the KKK, or the Nazis or Playboy, treat the issue objectively, explain why people were upset and why people thought Playboy was not sexist, then all the more power to the press--and for this we hope The Crimson will strive. Just as we would have followed Martin Luther King Jr. into racist Chicago suburbs, we will follow a women's rights activist into David Chan's Holiday Inn room and we will follow a woman who wants $500 into his room and try to report her view as well as the activist...
...Harvard really wants to let Cambridge share in its 350th revelry, then the university should strive to make a substantive--rather than stylish--contribution to the local community...
...dumping or trademark protection, but the basic questions are far less bewildering. Will America adopt a defensive or an offensive strategy in the world economy? Will the U.S. build up seemingly strong walls to protect its domestic industries against an onslaught of goods from abroad? Or will it strive to continue as a leading economic power at the forefront of technology by pushing into new markets at home and overseas...