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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ocasio said the University did not approve of La O's choice and has not acted on this information. He labeled administrators' inactivity as "neglect," and said, "We cannot accept this kind of statement that says `In order to hire minority faculty we [are lowering] the standards.' We can't accept this...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Conference Calls for More Ethnic Studies | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

...approach is only for middle class, white people. You can't approach me the same way you approach white people," said Vajezatha Z. Payne, a Cornell junior. "You have to accept the fact that there are two different cultures...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Information on AIDS Not Adequate, Students Say | 2/4/1989 | See Source »

Diplomats and political sources said earlier Thursday that Rodriguez for undetermined reasons apparently was ordered to give up his command and retire, or accept the post of defense minister. He refused...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Paraguayan President Forced to Quit | 2/4/1989 | See Source »

...jowled Lyndon Johnson at the end of March, peering out at America, through the close-up on a grainy black-and-white television screen: "Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your Presi . . ." The nation stunned, astonished, and millions of the young performing backflips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Introduction | 2/2/1989 | See Source »

...University of Chicago philosopher Alan Bloom could not understand when he appeared at Harvard earlier this semester. The irony of his attack on relativism is that he encourages us to ignore morality. For him, every demand from a minority group is an attempt to seek power. He refuses to accept that it might be a request for compassion, and beyond that, a plea for self-assessment...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

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