Word: tokenisms
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...against the best tennis team in the country. Three out of the six contests escalated to three-set showdowns when most experts expected Harvard which earned a berth in the tourney because if nabbed a take in the comparably weak Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Association division to make only a token appearance against UCLA...
...same token, the GSA could have simply circulated is petition criticizing Pattullo's suggestion and called for Rosovsky to reitcrate that Harvard has no intention of following his advice. That step would not discourage Pattullo and fellow faculty members from speaking their minds, at the same time, it would have shown Pattullo and others with administrative responsibilities that their personal views towards putting social pressure on homosexuals should not in any way affect their University duties. An investigation of the practices of the Center for Behavioral Sciences should hinge not on the statements of a single administrator, but on some...
William Cavellini, a member of the Rent Control Task Force and of the Simplex Steering Committee, said that the tenants want more than the "token" unanimous vote supporting rent control given recently by the city council...
...developments abroad will break in favor of the White House. Says one aide: "Of course we're in a trough right now, but we will come out of it." Meanwhile, Reagan's response to the rising doubts is primarily a marked shift in rhetoric, accompanied by some token measures. Gone, at least for the moment, are the taunting attacks on critics of his defense and budget policies, with which the President peppered his speeches as recently as three weeks ago. Instead, the White House is missing no chance to portray Reagan as a reasonable and compassionate...
...Communist Party (P.C.I.). Since the collapse of the "historic compromise," a power-sharing agreement with the ruling Christian Democrats, the Communists have sought to win votes by putting distance between themselves and the Soviet Union. Thus the P.C.I, has criticized the deployment of Soviet SS-20s and expressed only token opposition to the installation of U.S. missiles in Italy...