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...straight-talking conservatives. Nuance had no place in this argument. At the time, for example, a major cable news network invited several Harvard students, including two former Crimson editorial chairs, to discuss the issue on-air. But as the actual discussion developed, the show’s producers were aghast to discover the complexities of the issue, and so it booted one of its female guests who tepidly supported Summers in an attempt to make the divisions clearer. When that failed, it scrapped the entire piece in favor of a report narrated by a reporter, thereby ensuring the issue...
...Yale in Chicago, and I would not infrequently encounter the cold distain and disapproval of alums who had opposed the admission of women. Why hadn't I been a proper young lady and chosen Vassar instead, they wanted to know. These crusty old Blues tended to be equally aghast by the rising admission of black and minority students under the affirmative action programs then taking hold throughout the Ivy League...
Next week Spitzer and some of his colleagues will address two more highly charged issues, both of intense interest to feminists: proposed categories for premenstrual syndrome and for men who rape compulsively. Feminists, aghast at the possibility of a legal defense built around the new disorder of "paraphilic rapism," are likely to see that it remains no category at all. --By John...
...book family acts. Man says, Just let us show you. Wearily, the agent accedes. The man and his wife undress and perform every form of bizarre, outrageous sex act. The kids join in, possibly also Gramps and the dog. They finish in a literal pyramid of filth. Aghast and astonished, the agent asks, What do you call your act? The man, with a bright flourish, shouts out, "The Aristocrats...
...Marriage problems? Any history of mental illness in the family?'" Parents would be aghast, he says, yet it wouldn't occur to them that their own questions might be insulting. It's these same parents, schools say, who think nothing of demanding one-on-one interviews at 7 a.m. or after dark, whatever suits them. Their tone at these meetings can be accusatory - if my child is struggling or misbehaving, it must be your fault. "The crux of the issue is that teachers are nice people," says Anne, a Sydney Year 1 teacher. "We're nurturers. We like children...