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First practice after an away loss to Columbia, and Harvard men's soccer coach Stephen Locker had his troops gathered around a chalkboard, discussing the fundamental strategies and techniques of defensive play...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Men's Soccer Beaten By Lions | 9/27/1994 | See Source »

...What is going to happen in the United States by the end of the decade is a generational war," Tsongas said, writing the last two words on a chalkboard and underlining them foremphasis...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Tsongas Speaks at K-School | 7/29/1994 | See Source »

...annoying, but not completely unlikeable. Dickey's failure to develop Florence beyond a superficial level leaves the characters with nothing to do but trade stale jokes about their relative cleanliness. In addition, the ululating, screechy voice that Dickey uses for her character is the equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard, or a rusty train whistle...

Author: By Jeannette A. Vargas, | Title: Female Odd Couple a Weaker Set | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

According to Jeffries, the class will focus on African contributions to world civilization that have been ignored by Eurocentric scholars. He begins by scribbling a chalkboard chart featuring "the sun people" (i.e., people of color) at one corner of a triangle and "the ice people" (i.e., not people of color) at another. Next to the latter he jots down a few salient attributes: "individualist," "competitive," "exploitative." Jeffries explains that his chart "gives us a paradigm for looking at the world. We're not talking about superiority and inferiority, but we're talking about the important factor of melanin." Blacks have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches Skin Deep 101 | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

Last spring, Katz, who founded HarvardAnti-Sexist Men while attending the EducationSchool, began a lecture to former Professor LenoreWeitzman's "Women and the Law" class with a game.Drawing a line down the middle of a chalkboard,Katz asked the men in the class to list anyspecial measures they took to avoid beingassaulted. They said nothing. When he asked thewomen, the list filled their half of the board andspilled over into the men's half...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: Jackson Katz and His Anti-Sexism Crusade | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

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