Word: affecting
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...Saying that since his decision in high school to run eventually for public office, he has "made decisions about what I'm going to do as if I was writing my autobiography." Untermeyer warns, "You've got to be aware that your private life can push itself into and affect your public life." By the same token, the Texan argues that he has had no trouble inviting distinguished guests such as Congressmen Joseph Wyatt and Mickey Leland (both Texas Democrats) to address the study group, "because everybody likes to stand around in Washington cocktail parties and casually preface their remarks...
...measure has a handful of legislative opponents, who argue that it is more suitable for the General laws and would not affect much pending legislation...
Although the professors' memo is directed at changing future dean searches and will not affect the current search for a successor to Albert M. Sacks, dean of the Law School, it calls the present procedure "unsatisfactory" and suggests creating a formal search committee of faculty and students to evaluate candidates for future dean selections...
...ought to have changed the procedure before this selection of dean, because the present procedure is outrageous," Duncan M. Kennedy, professor of Law, and a signatory of the memo, said yesterday. He added that he does not think the memo will affect Bok's choice of a replacement for Sacks, who will step down next summer...
...prescient, his analysis correct. Michael Harrington probably did "cheat" Marx, in the abstract. Nonetheless, Marx hoped for--nay, expected--the merging of theory and praxis. His was a resounding call to action. Bell's ideas have a powerful appeal, but Michael Harrington is out on the streets, trying to affect social change, while Bell is in his office, analyzing social change. The choice is stark: this weekend, you can skim The Winding Passage and absorb ideas; or you can attend the nearest DSOC meeting