Word: vigilantism
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In a time when Cold War tensions were approaching their pinnacle and Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis., had initiated a vigilant effort to weed out communist sympathizers from every crevice of society, a degree from the nation’s oldest university was cause for extra suspicion.
But the University must continue to be vigilant in making sure donors share the values of the University. The corporate scandals of the past several years have created a substantial new class of wealthy criminals, many of whom have donated to institutions of higher education. Seton Hall University has buildings...
“But we need people to be super-vigilant when they have their windows open and to call the HUPD immediately if they see anything suspicious,” he said.
Not so fast, says Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh, who had a large part in shaping the USA Patriot Act. "Security is the means by which we achieve our fundamental freedoms." Dinh rejects the idea that the Justice Department is doing a balancing act because, he says, the department is...
China's inability to stem tuberculosis cases like Shi's bodes ill for its SARS struggle. Like SARS, TB is a contagious respiratory disease whose spread can be contained through vigilant monitoring of its victims. Though TB has been all but eliminated in developed countries, it still afflicts 1.5 million...