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Ethnic studies is an outgrowth of the trend in recent decades toward multiculturalism, or the belief that only by studying and preserving the disparate cultures that comprise this country can we construct a fair and just society. Most intellectuals, and indeed most citizens, are in favor of a fair and just society. The problem, of course, is in the details; what is fair and just, and how do we achieve...
Many protesters called on the University to construct the new library on Mt. Auburn Street. The protesters said this location would be more fair to residents of the river houses while preserving the architectural integrity of Harvard Yard...
...works as well." Besides, both Bennett and Wilson say, Sullivan undermines his own argument that the absence of children should not be an impediment to gay marriages when he says that it will give gay couples "greater freedom" to enjoy "extramarital outlets." Marriage, Bennett says, is not an open construct; "its essential idea is fidelity...
They don't construct thrillers anymore, they deconstruct them. That is to say, they reduce them to a succession of spectacular set pieces either so familiar that they require no explanation or so spectacular that they momentarily overwhelm disbelief. It's as if they were making a musical that was all production numbers, no book; or an infinite trailer that is all effects, no affect...
...several other languages, though never Yiddish) left little trace. His daughter's book turns frantic, and to some extent loses direction, as it becomes clear that she is not going to find David Gordon at the precise point of shame and bitterness when the immigrant experience persuaded him to construct a disguise. There are two great losses here. A little girl loses her father's hand in a swirling crowd. And a boy loses his way as he tries to transform himself as that American ideal...