Word: handly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What emerges from the letters is a relatively conservative philosophy toward effecting reform; he continually tries to shift the burden of proof to those who are demanding change. One critic points to what he calls an "essential hypocrisy" in the president's philosophy. On the one hand, Bok argues that universities should not actively seek a moral role or assume moral positions, that they are somehow "above the fray." On the other, Bok, as his letter on divestiture reveals, does not believe that "one can somehow achieve moral purity by separating oneself entirely from evil." In the spring...
...needs to. For instance, you might be walking down the street without any idea of being thirsty, and suddenly you see a sign that says Blatz Beer." The barber's pride of profession would take over, and he'd contract to replace his old pole -often a hand-striped water tank or section of stovepipe-with one of the up-to-date models. "You may not notice an increase in business the next day, or the day after that," Marvy would say, "but over the course of a year...
...President are routinely denounced as "Satan," surrealism reigns, and any clash with Americans has become a cause for jubilation. All week long, Muslim leaders whipped up an emotional frenzy against the U.S., reaching an even higher pitch after border clashes occurred with Iraq. "The U.S. hand has come out of Iraq's sleeves," ranted Khomeini, blaming the U.S. for the aggression by Iraq, one of the Middle East's most anti-American countries. The militants who have been holding the 50 American hostages since Nov. 4 renewed their frenzy and vowed to kill them...
...months, the President had pursued a labyrinthine diplomacy that finally led nowhere. He had been given some indication that the students would hand over the hostages to the Iranian government-a minimal first step toward their eventual release. But just when the militants seemed about to go along, Khomeini abruptly refused to take control of the captives and put the matter in the hands of the Iranian National Assembly, which is still to be elected and is not due to meet until late May or early June. Carter cut short his Easter weekend at Camp David and returned by helicopter...
Thus, as expected, the Egyptian President's meetings with Carter in Washington last week proceeded amicably, though the two leaders appeared not to have settled on a strategy to resolve the problem at hand: how to revive the moribund Egyptian-Israeli negotiations on granting autonomy to the 1.2 million Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Concerned that the May 26 goal for the autonomy talks, as set by the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, was fast approaching, Carter last month had invited both Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin to confer with him separately...