Word: consciously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problem with this individualistic doctrine is that it creates a dangerous asymmetry for minorities at Harvard. Race-conscious policies are needed precisely because minorities are not treated as individuals, rather, they are often discriminated against--either directly or through the side-effects of underrepresentation--as members of a racial group. Harvard itself acknowledges the pertinence of the group affiliation of minority students by its race-conscious recruiting programs. To acknowledge shortcomings in Harvard's integration of racial groups without allowing for remedies that address groups, not just individuals, is shortsighted and will likely prove inadequate...
...large and small, during the past ten years, but despite fears of bland homogenization, the average local paper generally grew better. The biggest group, Gannett (85 dailies), has shifted emphasis from moneymaking boosterism to enterprising reporting. Old-fashioned women's pages have given way almost everywhere to trend-conscious life-style reporting. There has also been a sharp upswing in the quality of stories about the arts and popular culture, especially television. In addition to their own. resources, moreover, daily editors now have a broader range of syndicated news and features to choose from, including stories from reporters...
...School in New York and at Harvard, courses in the subject are just beginning to be taught. Students of semiotics study everything from literary theory to anthropology. To cultural criticism, and their discipline, like economics, seems to result in a kind of psycho-social understanding of the social conscious...
Beijing was more conscious of the political fall-out than the radioactive one--a situation which to a considerable degree pertains today. In announcing the test, the PRC proclaimed that it was developing atomic weapons for defensive purposes only and that it would never be the first to use such weapons nor would it ever use, or even threaten to use, them against nations which did not possess them...
...Kundera uses surprisingly little imagery of change, transformation, and decay. The narrator is highly intelligent; but his intelligence is not fully lent to any of the characters. Their dialogue is not as witty or engaging as the narrator's, we are never told how everyone in the novel became conscious of lightness. Unreasonably, no one who makes religious or metaphysical assumptions is allowed on stage; one gets the feeling that Kundera is confused by such people and (unlike Waugh or Forster) cannot write about them...