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Though the major NATO governments oppose the antimissile movement, they are not blameless. "We believe the Europeans are too timid in dealing with paci fist sentiment," says a Pentagon official. "They see no political rewards for themselves in speaking out on nuclear weapons policy and tend to back away from the debate. These governments have to do it for themselves." Says Christoph Bertram, director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies: "There are a lot of people in West Germany today who would accept a reasonable explanation of why the government believes [defense] is so important. The people...
...hollow triumph of right-wing moralists over timid network moguls has been to replace women in tight sweaters with aren't-they-adorable children. There goes the smutcom; here comes the sweetcom. Few tears will be shed over the demise of the jiggle-and-snigger shows. But even at their worst they suggested nothing more pernicious than that men do make passes at girls in Jordaches. The two forms of sweetcoms, the noble and the naughty, are deadlier. They announce that children are either sugar or sass-dewy-souled twerps or stunted comedians-and that they must...
Universities suffer from cuts under the Reagan administration Keysen said, but added, "Maybe it is good for universities to be a little distant from the government." Universities must not become too timid to join the church and the press in upholding a standard of moral conscience, he said...
...become observer of her own past in bringing her audience closer to famous Black men and women in American social history. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Angelou's first major work, told a complicated, autobiographical tale of the author's childhood and expressed the voice of a timid and surprised child in mature prose. Her stepfather introduced her to sex by raping her, her mother abandoned her, and she and her younger brother lived as derided, sometimes ridiculous, children. Angelou's distance from the child gave the novel its power, allowed her to comfort her young self...
Perhaps more serious is the criticism by some independent relief agencies that UNHCR is not aggressive enough in protecting refugees in the countries to which they have fled. "UNHCR is the hostage of the host countries," says one top relief official. "The agency is much too timid about protecting, let alone acting upon flagrant violations of the refugees' rights." Among such violations: Thailand's return of 60,000 Cambodians to famine-struck Kampuchea in 1979, though most flooded back within days, and Hong Kong's repatriation of 10,000 Chinese who escaped from mainland China...