Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shouldn't North have thrown papers away, he asked, when they referred to the secret operations of the government...
...Today we see corporate Harvard in continued conflict with its Buildings and Grounds, Food Service and Clerical and Technical employees. Harvard fought hard to deny recognition to the Clerical and Technical workers' union, throwing the University's legal resources into a court battle--in which Harvard's case was thrown out, and the University was chastised by the judge for frivolous legal maneuvers. How long will the University's resources continue to be devoted to opposing social justice...
...Contrary to us, they want to live long; they like the way they live. We also want to live long, but it's because we don't like our life and we hope to live on into the next life. It would be nice to think that America has thrown open its doors and is waiting for us all to come over. But that's not the way it is. The Soviet Union has thrown open its doors, and it seems like all America has come here on a visit. So it goes...
Brezhnev has suffered an even more dramatic fall from grace. His strongest negative rating, 80%, comes from Communist Party members who bitterly blame him for abusing his post and causing the party's prestige to decline. On the other hand, Nikita Khrushchev, a reformer of sorts who was thrown out of office and saw his reputation tarnished before he died, is enjoying a modest boost in popularity. More than 29% view him favorably, compared with only 5% for Brezhnev...
...sparks thrown off by the widely divergent policies have ignited a sputtering fuse in the region that could lead to a dangerous explosion. The satellites, no longer forced to operate under the delusion that Communism works, have been given a historic chance to pursue, within undefined limits, their own reform policies. But if Gorbachev is willing to countenance some degree of free play country by country, he seems unlikely to permit any to opt out of the Warsaw Pact...