Word: valid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gave them a fair and valid price," Higley said. He added that Harvard probably hopes to "take it into court and let the jury decide...
...force of war that rips the soul from third world societies, not the power of one or another "-ism." The anti-communist crusaders bear much of the blame for the horrible peace in Indochina and for the continuing hardship in Central America. Countering Soviet totalitarianism is a valid goal, but the Cold Warriors, young and old, have only made it more difficult to achieve...
...provision met near unanimous opposition from Faculty advisors for a number of partially valid reasons. However, the principle it set out to protect--that any government should insure that majority benefits do not come at the expense of minority interests--was, and still is, valid It was the mechanics of the solution which were unworkable and unpopular...
Whether the strategic stakes justified such a massive American involvement must be doubted in retrospect. But once American forces are committed, there is no valid goal except to prevail. The Kennedy and Johnson Administrations trapped themselves between their convictions and their inhibitions. They engaged us in Indochina to defeat a global conspiracy and then failed to press a military solution for fear of sparking a global conflict-a fear probably as exaggerated as the original assessment...
...climax was heralded by the U.S. Supreme Court. On July 24, it ruled 8 to 0 that Executive privilege, though a valid doctrine, could not prevail over the impartial administration of justice. The President must turn over to Judge John Sirica the 64 tapes subpoenaed for the cover-up trial of six former Administration officials. For those of us who knew Nixon's way of talking, the ruling spelled the end; if the tapes did not prove fatal legally, they would politically...