Word: tenuousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such a dream may be seductive, may sound sexy to the ears of millions of Americans, but it is a fairly tenuous thing for any nation to be risking so much time and money...
...Justices held that the annual display of a Jewish Hanukkah menorah next to a Christmas tree outside Pittsburgh's City- County building was constitutional; yet in the same decision, they concluded that a Catholic-sponsored creche depicting the Nativity in the county courthouse one block away was not. The tenuous principle governing the decision seemed to be the so-called reindeer rule, suggested in 1984 by the court's decision that a government-owned creche in Pawtucket, R.I., was constitutional because it was flanked by such secular paraphernalia as Santa's house and reindeer and therefore would not be seen...
WILSON did not receive a faculty appointment, a situation which further weakens Radcliffe's already tenuous ties to the Harvard faculty. And Radcliffe has already demonstrated that is clearly not in touch with the women's community at Harvard...
Although the link could prove tenuous, the observer just may be right. And if he is, that bond between two once disparate elements could haunt Deng and his successors for a long time to come. A similar connection between intellectuals and workers gave rise to the Solidarity movement that rocked Poland in the early '80s. China's leaders had been fretting about the similarities between the student movement and the Solidarity campaign. Tellingly, when officials ordered arrests last week, three of the 14 people who were briefly detained were members of a new, unauthorized union...
...remain oppressed by their governments or still seek independence from neo-colonial rule. And the price of rebelling against authoritarian regimes, as seen in streets of Beijing and in Panama City following Gen. Manuel Noriega's reassertion of control, is high and often bloody. Nevertheless, the highly encouraging though tenuous developments taking place in countries accustomed to repression should bring hope to men and women everywhere...