Word: tokenism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same token, students should not have to endanger their academic careers in order to express their moral disgust or to avoid a professor who has proven he has the potential to abuse his authority...
...very least, the dollar's overvaluation is responsible for half the trade deficit, and some estimates put the dollar's contribution (if that is the word) considerably higher. By the same token, Rimmer de Vries, a senior vice president of Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., figures that if the dollar's exchange rate could be reduced to roughly 200 yen and 2.4 deutsch marks (vs. 221 yen and 2.7 marks last week), with comparable drops against other major currencies, the U.S. trade deficit might eventually be whacked all the way back down to $50 billion...
...harshness of the first Soviet retaliation came as a surprise to British officials, who had expected only token reprisals. Last week in London, the Foreign Office summoned Soviet Charge d'Affaires Lev Parshin, denounced the expulsions as "an unwarranted victimization of innocent people" and demanded the departure of six more Soviets. After Moscow matched the new expulsions man for man, Thatcher said that Britain would make "no further response." The British expulsions, she asserted, had "eliminated the core of the subversives." Declared Thatcher: "This shows the Soviet Union in a pretty poor light. They were caught red-handed...
...enough for Rourke to sound like a Rambo who forgot to put the airpump to his navel; he has to dress up in his Vietnam fatigues, too. Our token Italian don in Dragon doesn't just get announced as the Italian, he has to put a voice box to his punctured throat to rasp out his tough words. What's this supposed to mean? Marlon Brando, eat your heart...
...armed services who actually fingers a nuclear trigger: a single squeeze would change the world forever. Farmer, for one, has thought through endless contingencies, including the nightmare of losing contact with Washington during a presumed attack. Says he: "I would not launch without authorization, period." By the same token, he does not flinch from the thought of carrying out his doomsday role. Says he: "If a captain is not prepared to execute, there is no deterrence...