Word: approaching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...believe this is an unfair characterization of Daniel Mufson's article ["Free Speech Stops at Harassment," February 6, 1990]. Mufson has presented a well-reasoned defense of many of the antiharassment codes that are nevertheless dangerous and counterproductive. Society should demand a more constructive approach to the undeniable problem that every sort of harassment presents...
...approach is certainly more daring," said Silber. "I want to find out whether it is possible to be elected while retaining some cognitive element in a campaign...
...flag reminds me of the warm Southern hospitality, the willingness to look a stranger in the eye and say "hello" with no ulterior motive, the relaxed approach to an otherwise hectic life and consideration and sensitivity to others. I regret that the flag stirs in others emotions and feelings totally opposite of what I had intended and what the South is about today. Many people saw in the flag racism and insensitivity, emotions completely alien to those it stirs in me. Try as I may, I could not get many to even consider looking at the flag in another light...
...most drastic approach comes from Congressman John Porter, an Illinois Republican. He suggests that the Federal Government each year refund the Social Security surplus into Individual Social Security Retirement Accounts. Every worker could direct his account, like an IRA, into an array of nonspeculative investments, including Government bonds or certain mutual funds. The result, says Porter, would be a system of "vested, fully funded, worker-owned retirement accounts" -- though one in which the more successful investors would reap the larger benefits...
...Washington an equally critical State Department document concurred with some of the Asia Watch claims and listed still more abuses, such as raids on universities, loyalty tests and a "massive" disinformation campaign. Asked how the State Department report squared with the Administration's conciliatory approach to Beijing, a White House official said, "The President has often expressed his concern about human rights in China...