Word: brandishing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...severing its ROTC ties, as the Faculty Council pledged in May 1990. If Harvard and President Rudenstine are opposed to all forms of discrimination against groups protected by Harvard's official nondiscrimination policy, but can make an exception in the case of gay people, by all means, continue to brandish the anti-gay ROTC sword. Remind us gay folks of our second-class status. At least Harvard does not give us gay people a lesser diploma on graduation day, just a few deeply injurious scars. Chad S. Johnson '89 Leverett House Tutor for bisexual gay and lesbian issues Founder, Group...
...questioned only to be sent home. But while this public bar exam has become de rigueur, its rules have changed from nomination to nomination, with Republicans and Democrats often contradicting themselves on what questions are appropriate. Some examples of Senators who condemn "litmus tests" at one hearing but brandish them at the next...
Talk-show hosts with strong opinions are not uncommon on TV, but those with such clear political ambitions are pretty rare. The question of how nakedly Jackson will brandish his political agenda has caused concern among some show staff members as well as station executives. "A small amount of political involvement is inevitable," says Al DeVaney, general manager of WPWR, which is carrying the program in Chicago. "But we certainly don't want the show to turn into a soapbox for Jesse." Dick Robertson, president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (owned by Time Warner Inc.), which is syndicating...
...other hand, the University is willing to brandish every destructive weapon at its disposal when it comes to punishing those who violate its selective sense of decency...