Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...closing meeting, the conference came together in a joint session. If there was unanimity on any point-beyond somewhat reluctant agreement that NATO's missile deployment should go ahead-it was that the alliance signally has failed to explain, much less convince a skeptical public of the wisdom of its defense policies. Sir Nicholas Henderson, the former British Ambassador to the U.S., called this "one of the most urgent needs in the transatlantic arrangement." Said he: "If you are to defeat neutralism, anti-Americanism, pacifism in Europe, you must try to explain in what way you think that...
...fact that the number of Third World freshman proctors has decreased dramatically during the last five years while the number of Third World freshmen has increased, the fact that Dean Moses considers supportive activities for Third World students separatist, and the fact that Dean Moses, in his infinite wisdom, arbitrarily decides which special interest groups are separatist and which are not should be her main concern. Ari Q. Fitzgerald...
...attention. And like Kay, when we leave this party of bright young men and women with so much hope for the future, we are not caught up by its drunken dizziness and general warmth, which dissipate in a half-hour: instead, we depart saddened, but with a bit of wisdom that is more valuable and more lasting...
...That a new day is dawning for Blacks in Alabama politics may be a rash prediction, but rejection by more than 30 percent of Alabama Black voters of civil rights leaders' preference for a recognizable white liberal candidate in the gubernatorial primary does alter some old assumptions and conventional wisdom about Black politics...
...atmosphere of unwarranted complacency, conventional wisdom remained unchallenged. Given her significant contributions to women's studies, it is unfortunate that this was the occasion chosen to honor Matina S. Horner's tenth anniversary as President of Radcliffe College. Nadla Malley Cynthia Sonborn Cathryn Thorup PhD. Program in Government Harvard University