Word: actioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Edley has written a book, Not All Black &White: Affirmative Action, Race and AmericanValues. In 1995, as special counsel to thePresident, he led the White House review ofaffirmative action programs...
...added, though, that this federal action would benefit students more than past legislation, which instead increased the Stafford loan limit. If the government had increased students' Stafford loans--which are interest-free until six months after graduation--Harvard would still have decreased the need-based grants it offered...
...with most activities of this complexity, no-method is completely fool-proof. From time to time, even your best efforts will be met only by he stubborn red light on the card reader, blinking insanely, mocking you. The only course of action at this point is swift and violent retribution. Follow a series of "Double-Dips" with a barrage of vicious kicks and off-color remarks. Eventually someone will open the door...
Meredith B. Osborn (Opinion, May 5) tells us that "moderation has abolished the stating of principles from our country's conversation." Nothing could be further from the truth. Moderation means that it is possible to have students who are "anti-affirmative action, but [who would] like to see more diversity on campus," students who think about every issue as a separate entity instead of holding to an ideal that cannot possibly generalize for all situations...
...moderates do not want to be pigeonholed, but not because they are unprincipled. Instead, it is because they do not want to lose their individual voice and personal opinions. What is the difference between a moderate who adamantly supports diversity but sees affirmative action as discriminatory and the liberal who adamantly supports diversity and supports affirmative action? Is one less principled...