Word: animus
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...students contended that they really objected only to the insensitivity they perceived on the part of the Law School administration, in their handling of the race course, and of minority hiring in general. "The fact that one of these visitors, Jack Greenberg, is white is simply not the animus behind our actions," BLSA executive committee member Donald Christopher Tyler wrote in a recent letter to The Crimson. A press release issued by the National Black American Law Students Association, BLSA's national body, issued after the press furor, also denies that students ever took real exception to Greenberg's race...
...therefore, boycotting this belated and inadequate addition to the 1982-83 curriculum, taught by non-tenure track visiting professors. The fact that one of these visitors, Jack Greenberg, is white is simply not the animus behind our actions. Rather, we are protesting the complete lack of good faith by the Law School administration in recruiting and retaining minority tenured professors. If there is any racism at Harvard, it is on the part of the Law School administration whose dean expressed a preference for hiring "an excellent white teacher" over a "mediocre Black one." To imply that black legal professionals...
...That...Jack Greenberg is white is simply not the animus behind our actions. Rather, we are protesting the lack of good faith by the law school administration in recruiting and retaining minority tenured professors. If there is any racism at Harvard, it is on the part of that administration, whose dean expressed a preference for hiring 'an excellent white teacher' over a 'mediocre black one.'" --Donald Christopher Tyler and Cynthia Muldrow (executive committee members of the BLSA) The New York Times, August...
Their personal animus aside, Haig and Kirkpatrick disagree frequently on substantive policy matters. Kirkpatrick, for example, threatened to resign last January after Haig refused to push for stronger sanctions by America's European allies following the military crackdown in Poland. In addition, critics claim, she has not been a particularly adept U.N. Ambassador. Yet, as the only woman in the Cabinet and as the most prominent neo-Conservative in the Administration, Kirkpatrick remains politically valuable. Unfortunately, the spat between her and Haig not only diminishes the effectiveness of both officials but raises substantial questions about the direction and intent...
Henry D., who won $1,100, was glad for the chance to show the world that all feud animus has long since washed away. "I love those McCoys better than anything. But you know," he confides, "it was funny on the show when they asked this one McCoy girl, 'Name a New England state.' And she said 'London.' " His snigger is at least mischievous. "I really couldn't believe that: 'London.'" -By Kurt Andersen