Word: viewpoints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Davila predicted that paying the guides would bias the guides towards the University's viewpoint. "As volunteers, we feel as though we serve applicants and not the University," Davila said...
...glories of revolution and similar disruptive ideas that have carried forward, with a few halts and alterations, from their time to ours. But in the 19th century there were still too many tugs in antimodern directions, too many elements of life either stifling or civilizing, depending on one's viewpoint, to allow mere anarchy. Form and ceremony were not yet dead. War itself seemed to serve as a civilizing institution, the illusion still holding that war was an ennobling experience, that destruction was good for the soul...
...Philippine President also appeared several times on U.S. network television, via satellite, in an effort to assuage U.S. concern about the Reagan visit. From Marcos' viewpoint, the visit is essential. The Philippines, like many other Third World nations, is deeply in debt to Western banks. Aquino's murder and the subsequent unrest came at a time of sharp economic slump and widespread rumors that Marcos is seriously ill. The result has been a palpable case of nerves among Manila's Western creditors. If Reagan were to take Manila off his itinerary, said Marcos, "it would...
...same Law School campus, Professor Charles Nesson '60 sits alone in a modest office decorated in subdued colors which seem to reflect his manner both in person and on television. From this unassuming office, the soft-spoken evidence specialist has frequently made plans to host ABC's "Viewpoint," a special news broadcast that examines the media itself. He and Miller have also moderated separate CBS specials about the media and both appear in "That Delicate Balance," a 12-part public television series that analyzes the constitution...
...Nesson help create interesting and exciting television. Through keen and probing questions, they quickly advance arguments and perhaps unintentionally, often make some reporters appear nervous and uncertain. "I think it's healthy for reporters to get their feet in the fire." Hewitt says Nesson remembers that just moments before "Viewpoint'"s airtime, in "Nightline'"s usual timeslot, moderator Ted Koppel told the assembled reporters. "You're about to confront the snarling tiger...