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...silently but noisily washing the dishes, he is "not communicating." Depersonalized. A term of dislike, as in "You have become depersonalized. You forgot my birthday." Emotional bottom line. Latest judgment on how the commitment is faring. Current use of a financial term for an emotional relationship may be a symptom of national economic malaise or simply a sign that more accountants are falling in love. Fidelity. Term of praise for obeying the commitment. Insensitive. The offender is not serious about the commitment or, possibly, told a truly tasteless joke. Interface. To have a relationship. Macho. Term of abuse...
...Reagan Administration was concerned with human rights. But publicly denouncing friends on questions of human rights while minimizing the abuse of those rights in the Soviet Union and other totalitarian countries was at an end. El Salvador, vital though the preservation of its democratic future is, represents a symptom of dangerous conditions in the Americas?Cuban adventurism, Soviet strategic ambition...
...meal--have long inspired debate on just how integrated Harvard students should be. Most Black students seem to view the fact that Blacks sit at the same takes together at meals and attend the same parties as a good thing, while many whites see the same situation as a symptom of racial polarization and terrorism. Black students, binding together in an affirmation of cultural solidarity, are often viewed by whites as "separatist." And whites, not understanding Blacks' need for simple peer support, come across to Black as racist and patronzing...
HENRY C. MOSES, dean of freshman, says, "I've always though it was a nice thing that Black freshmen felt free to sit with each other or to sit somewhere else. I don't think it's a symptom of any greater racial problem here." But Moses' sentiments are not always them norm. Whites often interpret the existence of Black tables as an indication or at least a symbol of racial tensions. And for Blacks, the existence of tables is a minor detail of race relations next to the general racial atmosphere at the University. The non-existence...
...personal safety. The FBI began questioning officials, cabinet members and foreign policy advisers, some of whom offered to take polygraph tests to insure that they weren't lying. But Reagan should realize that there is a limit to how much he can stem such leaks. They are a symptom not of a disloyal staff but of a free society and an open democracy where the governed as much as the government set the agenda for discussion...