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Word: contentions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...students were pretty content with the evening," said Leverett House Dining Service Manager Frank Dalaklis said. "A few of them even dressed for the occasion," he said...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Dining Workers Downplay Insensitivity | 2/2/1989 | See Source »

...assumed that the civil rights movement was about the irrelevancy of race, which is why conservatives so fondly quote King about people being judged "not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." But the larger point was that race does matter, and that it will only cease to matter once we as a nation confront it head on, determine what it means to us and why it continues to hold meaning...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

...club is a public accommodation and thus prohibited by law from discriminating on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity or sex. If the club is public, it must open its doors to women, but if it is deemed private, Baker says, "It can discriminate to its little heart's content...

Author: By Rebecca A. Jeschke, | Title: MCAD Decision on Discrimination By All-Male Fly Club Still Uncertain | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

...content of this does not need to be addressed. The hatred, violence and brutality of this incident speaks for itself. We must guard ourselves against the temptation to dismiss such an incident as an aberration resulting from an extreme person, a rare happening, or the work of a lunatic. The fact is that this incident is not different from countless others being reported in colleges throughout the nation. This incident signals in no uncertain terms the reality of racism which permates society today. It is a painful, shameful and destructive reality from which the Harvard community is not protected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racism | 1/25/1989 | See Source »

...capital crimes oblige a movie to solve the puzzle clearly, neatly and, one hopes, surprisingly before the final fade-out. There is, however, a better class of enigma that involves less deadly, even comical, forms of human behavior. And there is a better class of film that is wisely content to set forth such shadowy dilemmas and leave them unresolved, resonating in our minds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mysteries of The Eccentric Heart | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

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