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...student participation in policy-making; two centuries ago it was "butter that stinketh not." Two years from now it may be divestiture, the draft, needblind admissions, a new foreign war, or something totally unforeseen. If we reject these for safer issues today, they will return to haunt us and undo our "safe" work tomorrow...
...deepest. There are social nuances in every garment, highborn or not. A man's white cotton overblouse can be tied in 58 ways, each with its own social connotation. The knots at the waist of a courtesan's skirt could be so intricate that only she could undo them: fashion as a fail-safe device. A contemporary turban, worn by an ironmonger, shows in its coloration and style of wrapping the wearer's occupation, his residence and his marital status: fashion as calling card...
Currently, Congress thrives on compromise and give and take. And when the President either signs or vetoes a bill, he accepts or rejects all of the compromises made. But under the line-item plan, the President can undo and nullify compromises as he wishes. Suppose, for example, that liberal and conservative congressmen compromise on a spending bill, while a liberal president is in office. The President will, of course, veto the conservative provisions of the bill but will leave intact the bill's liberal aspects. The resulting law, bearing only partial resemblance to the measure which Congress originally passed...
...Reducing the danger of accidents by, for example, fitting nuclear weapons with special locks that only presidential authorization could undo...
Mayor Edward Koch, who lighter the wall, told the veterans, "What was do here tonight begins to undo the terrible injustice.... We have opened the eyes of a new generation to the lessons of the past...