Word: belled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...practical terms, Martin was a poor choice to carry out the necessary task of debunking The Bell Curve While he made some good points, other statements of his belied his knowledge of the book, and he even admitted to the audience at one point his ignorance regarding basic population statistics, the underpinning of The Bell Curve's argument...
...decision by the Black Students Association (BSA) to sponsor Wellesley Professor Tony Martin's speech at Harvard on the topic of racism and The Bell Curve was a highly irresponsible and blatantly offensive action...
...speech, entitled, "The Bell Curve in Historical Context," was little more than a diatribe which sought to label Jews as the sole progenitors of racism-and later the slave trade-in Europe. The basis of his argument consisted of a portion of the Babylonian Talmud, a 2,000-year-old collection of religious writings, which contain a myth that describes Africans as a cursed people who are doomed to a history of servitude...
...cannot give this one a whole-hearted recommendation. Midori stands now at a crucial cross-roads betwixt being a child prodigy and a mature musician. Yehudi Menuhin and Ruggiero Ricci are two who never crossed this chasm successfully, and only time will tell with the upcoming generation. Joshua Bell and Julian Rachlin struggle to get recognition, Sarah Chang remains largely untested outside of choreographable showpiece repertoire, and how much longer Helene Grimaud and Evgeny Kissin shall wax incandescent remains to be seen. I will be the first to laud Midori for her accomplishments in the virtuoso repertoire, especially with Paganini...
...resisted a number of appointments which would have diversified campus ideology. Fueled by pre-existing animosities between liberals and conservatives, opposition on hiring practices developed into personal and divisive debate which poisoned the atmosphere, inspired student demonstrations and long sit-ins, and compelled the first Black tenured professor, Derrick Bell, to leave the school in protest...