Word: rethink
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...whole. Eliminating mandatory retirement would place an unendurable burden on the system of lifetime tenure for professors so essential to academic freedom. It would choke off opportunities for younger scholars to move ahead, impair universities' ability to carry out affirmative action in hiring, and probably force institutions to rethink the tenure process. In short, the idea that professors could hang on indefinitely would damage the lifeline through which the all-important scholarship and teaching of the nation is consistently revitalized...
Perhaps we ought to rethink just what the state of the modern Union address can and cannot be. It cannot be a true review of the nation or even much of a projection of a President's plans and hopes: the U.S. today is simply too big and too complex for that. Back in George Washington's day, we had a country of 4 million people governed by 350 people on a budget of less than a million dollars. A President could sum that up in ten minutes. (Washington...
Plenty of time remains to rethink the new rule before it takes effect, and the NCAA can easily eliminate the SAT provision without squandering the reformist spirit of last week's convention...
...anniversary of Roe v. Wade should serve as a time not for moralistic recriminations, for the past decade has shown them to be of little use swaying opinions in either direction. Rather, it should be a time of reflection--and for foes of abortion in particular, a time to rethink the unfortunate tactics that have been used to sidestep the decision...
...estimated to number 100,000, also have substantial problems. They are split into half a dozen major factions. The mujahedin have been unable to unite under a joint commander, and sometimes they battle each other. "If the six groups could get together, they just might force the Soviets to rethink staying on in Afghanistan," says a senior Western diplomat in Islamabad. "But their infighting inevitably encourages the Soviets to hang...