Word: freer
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...nine weeks of preliminary talks, the participants had not even been able to agree on an agenda. At issue was the West's insistence on ample time not only for examining Soviet repression and Afghanistan but also other East European limitations on strong Helsinki principles like the "freer movement of peoples." The U.S. proposed the airing of such topics for some six weeks. After that, the conference would take up new proposals on the Soviets' pet topic of disarmament. The Soviets' timetable would have limited discussion of human rights and issues like Afghanistan to a week...
...Mike Durgin and company decide to key on Czinger they'll do nothing but give freer rein to the rest of the Eli five-man line. Anchored by tackle Serge Mihaly, a blood-and-guts player who at 6-ft., 3-in. more than adequately fills the left side, the line has proved nothing short of remarkable against the rush. Yale opponents have gained only 844 yards on the ground all season--in the Eli's 30-10 triumph over hapless Columbia, the Lions were held to negative six yards of offense in the second half...
...could debate at length the relative merits of Humphrey and Nixon. Humphrey, once relieved of the burdens of Lyndon Johnson's presidency, might be able to lead us out of war...On the other hand, Nixon might be freer to disavow the Vietnam policies of the past...
...socializing outside of high school. They arrive, well, inexperienced. Extreme excellence is abnormal in most high schools; you get excluded. So when they get a girlfriend, hey, they want to hold on and tell everybody. It becomes kind of a habit. I guess things are freer at a liberal arts school in general, and that would go hand-in-hand with the social atmosphere...
...were ready to support a Soviet resolution along just these lines at UNESCO'S 1976 general conference, in Nairobi, to give the international press its first real fright. The proposal was shelved at the last minute. Instead, the MacBride Commission was appointed to study ways of "achieving a freer and more balanced flow of information." The commission's report is now out; eventually it will be published in 13 languages, including Bengali and Swahili. It contains 82 recommendations, embedded in 160,000 words of glutinous UNESCOese. (MacBride himself was appalled by the draft-some pages were given...