Word: upholds
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TIME always practiced "personality journalism" and still does. But events made it ever harder to uphold Carlyle's dictum that history is but the biography of great men. At 60, we still believe in the power of men and women to shape their fate, but TIME is less likely than it used to be to explain events through people; roughly half of its covers are about trends and events rather than individuals...
...point, Kennedy even inquired about arresting a Southern military figure who championed the segregationists. The main image conveyed by the more than 100 pages of dialogue over two days was the straightforward nature of the conflict--JFK unflinchingly insisted on integration proceedings, because of his duty to uphold the constitution. When Meredith, albeit with the aid of several hundred state troopers, was able to go to class, it seemed real strides had been made in breaking down racial barriers...
...perimeters of the problem have been established, probably under the guidance of Special Envoy Philip Habib, Shultz may have to embark on another exercise in Middle East shuttle diplomacy. Having pressed the Israelis to leave Lebanon, the U.S. is now obliged to try to persuade the Syrians to uphold their end of the bargain...
...Speaking for the moment on behalf of the Harvard Arab Student Society, the support of our organization for Mr. Abdul Rahman's presence at Harvard reflects the overwhelming sentiment of all Arab peoples, as well as the official position of the Arab states, which fully uphold the rights of the Palestinian people to national self-determination, including full independence and sovereignty within the territory of Palestine, and which recognizes the status of the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people...
...Mexico City was an hour long interview with Mexico's President of five months, Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, who told the group that in trying to combat the current crisis, "we have had to combine the need for stringent, bitter and firm measures with the need to uphold our free democratic system." Excerpts from the President's remarks appear in this week's World section. In addition to meeting the President and presenting him with a glass eagle as a memento of the occasion, the group talked with the ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, and Finance...