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Word: willingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those responsible for the Nunn/McCurdy legislation understand that the bill will undergo many amendments and alterations before it is finally voted upon, and they are more than willing to listen to student concerns and ideas. I would urge Mr. Baer and other critics not to dismiss the bill out of...

Author: By Jonathan Miller, | Title: Giving Back to Your Country | 4/15/1989 | See Source »

The dean's office has since dropped its investigation, Gilbert said. "Getting the money back would have required steps the College was not willing to take," he added.

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: Bach Society Goes Back Into the Black | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

PBH members seek to increase opportunity for members of groups that have experienced discrimination. But few students are active in forcing Harvard to take a moral stand against the most vicious racist system in the world. Every reputed Black leader has called for divestment; how many Harvard students are willing...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Changing the Non-Harvard World | 4/13/1989 | See Source »

In a wider perspective, the disaster points up the unresolved conflict between American desires for an unspoiled environment and demands for more energy that has long bedeviled national policy. Immediately the crack-up of the Exxon Valdez gives powerful new ammunition to environmentalists fighting against a proposal to allow oil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exxon Valdez: The Big Spill | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

Evidently Mikhail Gorbachev is willing to tolerate capitalist-style "contradictions" in his attempt to fuel economic reform with a dose of democracy. In any case, the heavy Soviet lid has been lifted, and the voices from inside the box -- above all, the voices of ever resilient Russian intellectualism -- are being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Union: Then and Now | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

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