Word: befriend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think the freshmen's integrating with all of their fellow classmates is something that should be condemned, rather it should be applauded. It does not reflect the freshmen Blacks' lack of solidarity, but rather their open-mindedness about whom they choose to befriend. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them, and have found that they lack neither a sense of racial pride, nor isolate themselves from one another...
...warming up to white-ruled South Africa. The combination of events suggested that the White House was trying to reverse a policy that has been in force for two decades. The policy said, in effect: the U.S. could either embrace South Africa and apartheid, or continue with efforts to befriend black Africa, but not both. For years, the U.S. has pursued the latter course. Now, many black Africans fear, Washington will place more importance on South Africa's mineral wealth and strategic position on the southern oil lanes than it does on racial justice...
...whites' perceptions of minorities: "We can all understand how troubling it is to encounter evidence of racial separation or feel the chill of rejection or indifference on the part of those one wishes to befriend. But white undergraduates need to consider these encounters from both points of view...
...Carter hope to befriend Pakistanis when he supports the regime of their Public Enemy No. 1, General Zia ul-Haq? It will be yet another folly on the part of Americans to seek a partnership with a military junta...