Word: use
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...joint news conference in Malta was held aboard the Soviet luxury liner Maxim Gorky, which was pressed into service as the site for the two days of talks after bad weather forced cancellation of plans to use U.S. and Soviet warships anchored offshore. An afternoon session and a dinner on Saturday were cancelled because of the rough weather...
Gorbachev made fun of Bush's celebrated caution, in fact, telling the joint news conference, "In our position, the most dangerous thing is to exaggerate" the accomplishments of the Malta summit "and that we should always preserve elements of cautiousness--and I use the favorite word by President Bush...
...Asian-Americans, the reality of inner-city crime, drug use and poverty is testified to by the Chinatowns, Korea-towns, and Vietnamese and Cambodian neighborhoods that lie in the heart of some of America's largest cities. The lives of Asian immigrants are scarred by the same kinds of racism that have welcomed all "ethnics" to this country...
...main thing that Katz fails to remember, though, is that Harvard is not a democracy. Although it would be nice if the Undergraduate Council had the power to decide what housing system Harvard should use, the decision will be made by Dean Jewett with advice from the house masters. I have talked to Jewett and most of the house masters about the issue, and there seems to be a consensus that Harvard needs to change its housing policy...
Finally, we need to use the American system of justice to actually see that justice is done. We must provide equal access to the courts for rich and poor alike. We must reverse the Reagan-era tendency to wink at discrimination and abuses of power...