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...past, students say, there was awidespread perception that Hillel regulars werecliquishness toward outsiders...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Is A `Home' For Jewish Students | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

...generalize only with caution. I have noquantitative measurement as to how many people insociology or political science are purveyors ofpseudo-science, like Huntington and Lipset. Awidespread uncritical acceptance of Huntington'sworks, his eminence in his field, and hisnomination by Class V indicate that he is not anisolated phenomenon. As Edward Anders, a member ofthe geophysics section of the Academy has written:"Though there are many excellent people in [ClassV], I have repeatedly had misgivings about some ofthe candidates in in social and political science,and less frequently about those in psychology andeconomic science. My suspicions have been amplyconfirmed...

Author: By Serge Lang, | Title: On a Recent Non-Election to the NAS | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

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