Word: humanization
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Nuclear weapons divide and threaten mankind. But there are peaceful uses of nuclear energy that should promote the unity of mankind. Chernobyl was an example of the tragic interaction of equipment failure and human error. Nevertheless, the aversion people rightly feel for military applications must not spill over to the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Mankind cannot do without nuclear power. We must find a solution to the safety problem that will rule out another Chernobyl resulting from human error, failure to follow instructions, design defects or technical malfunction...
...outside world. Deputy Prime Minister Manush Myftiu told last week's legislative session, for example, that the government wants to join the 35-nation Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Before it could have done that, however, it had to endorse some of CSCE's basic human-rights requirements, including freedom of travel and other civil rights guarantees. Even the United Nations is looking anew at Albania: Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar made his first visit to Tirana last week. In Washington a State Department spokeswoman has declared optimistically that "the door is open to the resumption...
...less likely to attend college than black females or whites of either gender, and when they do go, they often drop out. Homicide, including fatalities resulting from clashes with police, is the leading cause of death among black males, ages 15 through 34. Says Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis Sullivan: "When you look at a long list of social pathologies, you find black...
...Front and himself ahead in the parliamentary and presidential elections, Iliescu has gone on the stump, drawing large crowds in provincial cities. "Iliescu, Iliescu," they chant when he raises his arms triumphantly and smiles. He offers little in the way of concrete proposals, talking vaguely of capitalism with a human face and of his commitment to pluralism...
...differ most sharply over the defense of civil rights -- freedom of conscience, freedom of expression, freedom to choose one's country of residence, the openness of society. I have no doubt whatsoever as to the value of defending specific individuals. He assigns only a secondary importance to human rights and fears that concentration on them may divert attention from more important matters...