Word: alongism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...role as a leader among universities, Harvard ought to take the initiative in refashioning affirmative action along the lines of Obama’s post-racial vision. Race-based affirmative action has played an important role over the course of its four-decade existence. But socioeconomic-based affirmative action is now the more effective way to fight for social justice...
Health-care workers are especially vulnerable to both getting sick with influenza and spreading it to patients. That's why the U.S. government has singled out these workers, along with other high-risk groups, to receive the first batches of 2009 H1N1 vaccine, which are just starting to arrive in some states. Vaccination can reduce the risk of getting influenza 70% to 80% and is the most effective way to curb the pandemic. "It is within the purview of health authorities that we engage in certain infection-control activities," says Susan Waltman, general counsel of the Greater New York Hospital...
Hundreds of thousands of spectators gathered along the river bank this weekend to watch the 45th annual Head of the Charles Regatta—which featured a record 8,800 athletes and 210 international teams this year—but rainy weather led to decreased fan attendance yesterday...
Three Harvard players notched double-digit kills in the match. Freshman Taylor Docter led the team with 14 kills and Ingersoll added 12 kills along with eight blocks. Ono Horn and Comrie also added nine kills apiece, while sophomore Christine Wu led all players with 34 digs...
...Most significant, for all of his protestations about the other side's lack of integrity and his vows to govern alone, Tsvangirai has, in the end, given Mugabe exactly what he wants - sole power over the government again. As this has been Mugabe's aim all along, Tsvangirai's move is undeniably self-defeating. Karin Alexander, a Zimbabwe expert at the Institute for Democracy in Africa in Pretoria, says the MDC is giving Mugabe the opportunity to cast it as the spoiler of the peace deal. She adds, however, that the move might be seen as a tactic to impel...