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...presence of these outsiders, officials have warned, would risk security, weaken discipline and jeopardize the chain of command. In 1941 a special committee wrote an impassioned letter to the Secretary of the Navy pleading that he consider "the close and intimate conditions of life aboard ship, the necessity for the highest possible degree of unity and esprit-de-corps, and the requirements of morale," before allowing black seamen to fight alongside white sailors...
...press dubbed the affair, may delay the start of an all-party conference, originally planned as early as September, where the major political groups will decide how to structure negotiations. Use of secret funds by Pretoria also raised suspicions that it was employing below- the-belt tactics to weaken the A.N.C., widely considered the most likely group to win the country's first free elections...
...director and producer demurred, saying the changes would "undermine the strength of the original material, weaken the characters and lessen the integrity of the picture itself." Executives at Carolco and Tri-Star Pictures likewise took a strong stand against what could be a Hollywood nightmare: the vetting of entertainment by special-interest groups. "Censorship by street action will not be tolerated," they said. Queer Nation members replied that they are tired of Hollywood's "censorship" of their lives. Said one gay leader: "Hollywood has once again decided to sacrifice the lives of gay men and lesbians in order to make...
Conservatives can weaken the arguments of the Left by presenting a well-reasoned position, defending it to the best of their ability, and logically dissecting their opposition. It is only in this manner that the orthodoxy of "political correctness" will fall. Only then will we be able to bid farewell to the intellectual McCarthyism of the extreme Left and welcome reason and rational arguments to everyday campus discourse...
...also understand an aversion to quota systems and reverse discrimination. In fact, such aversion has prompted the Supreme Court to weaken many affirmative action laws. That is why it is incumbent on employers to hire in the Spirit of affirmative action--a spirit which rejects reverse discrimination, but encourages an extra effort in finding qualified minorities. If Harvard students refuse to take the lead in such cases, inequality will persist beyond a resident tutor post...