Word: actioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Even Dexter, who has seen little playing time in an injury-plagued Harvard career, got the starting nod in his final home game and dropped a three-pointer in ten minutes of action...
...Affirmative Action Needed to Balance Ledger
...substantial discussion of policy issues that Cambridge is dealing with, like affirmative action," said Gomes, who traveled to Cambridge to take part in the event...
...though the takeovers at Duke and Georgetown may have come and gone without forcibly removing deans from their offices, there's no guarantee that it won't happen next time. Some would argue that, in extreme situations, violence (or, in the words of a 1969 Crimson editorial, "militant action") is justified. But it's hard to believe that forcing deans and secretaries from their desks is truly justified under any circumstances...
...longer resonates with earthshaking, symbolic significance; it's a tired cliche. Administrators at Duke hardly took the students occupying their offices seriously, instead praising them for their cleanliness and studiousness. Everyone seems to have forgotten that, however routine and perfunctory taking over administration buildings may have become, symbolic action can become very real, very quickly. The potential for real damage, real violence, remains...