Word: abolitionism
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According to Gardner, the impact of citizen action has not been adequately appreciated: "I think that typically the academic world has enormously underrated the hard-hitting impact of citizen movements. If you look at the history of citizens' movements you see some very hard realities. The peace movement is a...
Sir: I can't help comparing Chinese as you describe them ("well fed...organized... generally healthy...universal loose-fitting clothing...drab...abolition of family life... watched") with a small group I was privileged to observe here in the U.S. This description could fit any group of penitentiary inmates.
On balance, a total abolition of tenure seems unlikely and perhaps undesirable. Says Utah's Van Alstyne: "If tenure is done away with, particularly in the present political climate, the universities may be destroyed. But we must have tenure with accountability, or the people won't stand for...
Probably the deepest sociological change that Mao has brought about is the abolition of the old "extended family"-grandparents, sisters, uncles, cousins and aunts, all under the same roof -that persisted into the 1950s. Mao saw China's traditionally intense family loyalty as interfering with the single-minded devotion...
With the abolition of Junior Generals, those English concentrators fol-lowing the regular concentration program will have the option of fulfilling the Shakespeare requirement with a half-course or a three-hour examination.