Word: centricity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wondering if Cambridge Rindge and Latin iskeeping pace with the student body that we have,"Reeves said. "It seems that we have apreponderance of Euro-centric languages in a citythat's increasingly not Eurocentric...
...explains. "What we have to do is sellthe buyers--the Walmarts and the K-marts--that'sour target. If we can get it on the shelf, then itwill sell. But you've got to get it on the shelf.That's our goal; that's our advertising." Yet inthe TV-centric age of satisfying Snickers bars,pleasure-doubling Doublemint gum and rabbit-laidCadbury Cream Eggs, Necco is taking a risk. It'srelying on its long-standing and respectablereputation in the confectionery world to keep theshelves stocked and the candy moving...
Today's Russian specialists are too modest to claim an expertise Bohlen knew is impossible, but that hasn't stopped the Clinton Administration from crafting a Russia-centric foreign policy that seriously shortchanges other vital interests. To Secretary of State Warren Christopher, it's all perfectly clear: "Helping democracy prevail in Russia," he says, "remains the wisest and least expensive investment that we can make in American security." At the same time, however, almost everyone involved with America's Russia policy, including Christopher, admits the West can affect events there only at the margin. That being so, one would expect...
Tiffany C. Graham '96 and Alynda D. Wheat '96 said the group is planning the Harvard Union, an organization which will provide "a forum for scholarly national debate" on Afro-centric issues and bring speakers to campus...
...Well that's interesting, because [Japanese by Spring] makes the point that any number of cultures can play the centric game, but that doesn't lead to anything. It's amazing how you see all of these so-called academics putting down multicultural courses, saying they want to stick to the Classics. Dartmouth has some of the best Classics professors in the country, but there are still all these Greek plays that have not been translated. If these guys were so interested in Greek culture, they'd want to translate some of those plays instead of writing...