Word: abstracted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have signed a letter expressing concernover Bok's slow response to the Dalton vote andhis decision to override tenure for VisitingProfessor of Law David Trubek, another left-wingscholar. Like Trubek, Dalton is associated withCritical Legal Studies, a movement which holdsthat the law is rooted in dominant social normsand not abstract notions of justice...
...have signed a letter expressing concernover Bok's slow response to the Dalton vote andhis decision to override tenure for VisitingProfessor of Law David Trubek, another left-wingscholar. Like Trubek, Dalton is associated withCritical Legal Studies, a movement which holdsthat the law is rooted in dominant social normsand not abstract notions of justice...
...have signed a letter expressing concernover Bok's slow response to the Dalton vote andhis decision to override tenure for VisitingProfessor of Law David Trubek, another left-wingscholar. Like Trubek, Dalton is associated withCritical Legal Studies, a movement which holdsthat the law is rooted in dominant social normsand not abstract notions of justice...
...after all, with her Ph.D. and abstract scholarly work, seems to have done much better than he has. Dorsey's accomplishments are then recapitulated. First there is graduate school and the brief affair with her dissertation director that produces her son. Then back to high school, where Dorsey gives the valedictory speech at her graduation. Before long she is a growing girl, fascinated by stars and the mechanics of household objects. In the novel's last chapter, Hugh, age five, is escorted by his father into a hospital room to see his newborn baby sister...
With the stock market setting new records, inflation quiescent and unemployment dropping below 6%, pressing economic problems like the deficit and the trade imbalance remain abstract to most voters. Chastened by the experience of Walter Mondale, most Democrats (save for Swim-Against-the-Tide Bruce Babbitt) are reluctant to propose higher taxes. An example of the painless-dentistry approach to the budget is Dukakis' suspect claim that up to $110 billion can be raised by stronger enforcement of existing tax laws...