Word: utopians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Greek Prime Minister agreed to go along with the Community in negotiating the agreements with Spain, but reserved his right to veto the entry of the applicants. The demands, which were labeled "Utopian" by Kohl, seemed to leave most of the other leaders more annoyed than concerned. The reason: Greece already receives $750 million a year more from the E.C. than it pays in. If Spanish membership is blocked, West Germany will refuse to raise its revenue contributions to the Community, and there will be no money at all for Mediterranean support programs. Declared Kohl: "Anyone who blocks the entry...
...which Meier's signature porcelain panels and white pipe railings are used with remarkable consistency and yet unflagging invention. Among the others: the Smith House in Darien, Conn. (1967); The Bronx Developmental Center for the mentally retarded (1976); and the Atheneum, a visitors' center at the restored Utopian community of New Harmony, Ind. (1979). Meier has also designed museums that are under construction in Frankfurt, West Germany, and Des Moines. In recognition of his body of work, Meier was awarded the 1984 Pritzker Prize last April. The honor, architecture's equivalent of the Nobel, confirms his place...
...stress the importance of considering both sides of political issues, which are rarely so obvious and easily explained as Mr. Hirschorn suggests. It is dangerous to blindly loathe one's opponents, as do many Mondale supporters in this election. Harvard students, Mr. Hirschorn, should not be so blinded by utopian idealism that they ignore reality and pragmatism. An intelligent voter should consider the validity of each party's position and make his decision on informed logic, not just noble sentiment. Stephen L. Ascher...
...that doesn't mean that such utopian protest is futile. The skepticism with which we approach a vote to stock cyanide pills (which the university will not honor, by the way) is part scorn for foolishness, but it is also, I think, the unfortunate result of a belief that such protests achieve nothing. Hardened by the failed excesses of the sixties, our generation shies away from such displays, claiming they are naive, lambasting what we see as token and counterproductive grabs for media attention. But we should remember that nearly twenty-five years ago, when four young black students simply...
SUCH A SCHEME is utopian at best and liberal reformism at its worst. Divestment misses the point. What will happen when these cumulative divestments do (in a hypothetical world) take place? Will the money invested in South Africa go into companies that oppress workers in Chile of the Dominican Republic or here at home...