Word: corrections
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...neglecting to consider all of the facts in this case, the staff opinoin states that freedom of speech is absolute. And indeed, it is correct to defend freedom of speech. But the First Ammendment of the Constitution, however sacred, cannot be protected in the absence of other basic tenets of American justice--of which defendants' rights are essential...
...treated the same in the admissions process as "French horn players" and those "likely to edit The Crimson." Then why does the admission office have an "athletic rating" separate from the "extracurricular rating"? Why do athletes score significantly lower in every other area of comparison? Although the officials are correct in pointing out that athletes' disproportionate admission rate alone does not prove that they receive preferential treatment, these figures...
...mentioned in "writing up" or presenting their admissions cases. But, as our Asian-American undergraduate recruiters know, recent immigrants, those from modest economic backgrounds and those, regardless of economic circumstances, who have been particularly engaged as leaders in Asian American community activities can be "tipped" in. The Crimson is correct in noting that this kind of tip is not as quantifiable as some other kinds of tips, but a significant number of undergraduates are here in part because of such considerations. Furthermore, although it is not possible to distinguish precisely between the effects of the various forms of special consideration...
...been debating its role in the European Community for decades. Thatcher, though she insists she backs such steps as monetary union and closer political cooperation, in fact does her best to delay or weaken them. Her obstructionism has produced a string of Cabinet resignations by ministers who tried to correct her course. Howe was demoted from Foreign Minister to the powerless post of deputy to Thatcher in July 1989 for pushing her to accept currency union...
...truth, there is much to censure and correct in the record that begins with Columbus. U.S. textbooks are just beginning to give proper emphasis to pre-Columbian cultures. Sale's iconoclastic biography is as one-sided as a lawyer's brief, but the evidence of European disdain for the conquered Eden and its inhabitants is hard to challenge. Between 1492 and 1514, as a result of disease and accumulated atrocities, the native Taino population on the island of Hispaniola shrank from an estimated 8 million to 28,000. By 1560 the Taino were extinct...