Word: humanitarian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...letter's supporters hope to counter opinions like those of James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government, promoting more prison construction as a humanitarian way to relieve current overcrowding, Charles W. Haynes '77, the committee chairman, said...
...Soviet dilemma stems from the Helsinki agreement, which many at first regarded as a victory for Moscow because it supposedly established the "inviolability" of existing frontiers, thus legitimizing the Soviet takeover of the Baltic states and the status quo in Eastern Europe. The agreement also contained broad humanitarian declarations in favor of the right of people to leave and enter countries on family visits, access to foreign publications, international youth meetings, and the improvement of working conditions for journalists abroad. Moscow presumably saw nothing too threatening in those principles. After all, far more specific rights are guaranteed in the Soviet...
...Habre was overthrown as rebel chief by Goukouni Oueddei last November.lt is thought that Oueddei depends on Libyan financial support and was thus amenable to Gaddafi's suggestion that the Claustres be freed. Presumably, the Libyan ruler felt they were more useful as the beneficiaries of a spectacular humanitarian gesture than as hostages...
There are even some perversely approving things to be said for slavery: that in its earliest form, it actually marked a humanitarian improvement in the laws of war, since it involved the capture of prisoners instead of their slaughter. Oddly, it was not a primitive practice, in one sense, because it required a stable and settled society in order to take root...
...diplomacy. Our rise to great power status was feared and resisted by many Americans who foresaw a process of deepening involvement in a morally questionable world. In the early decades of this century, we sought to reconcile the tension between ideals and interests by confining ourselves to humanitarian efforts and resorting to our belief in the pre-eminence of law. We pioneered in relief programs; we championed free trade and the cause of foreign investment. We attempted to legislate solutions to international conflicts...