Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Racism in America is "only an ulcer, or whatever the correct medical analogy is," Thernstrom said...
Sulmers said the board "has not decided what todo to correct the current situation...
...bringing to light a well-kept secret: Among the career options open to Harvard graduates, one of the most challenging and rewarding is public school teaching. It is high time that this word make it into the din that descends upon the campus each recruiting season. Hahn is absolutely correct--no profession is more vital to the health of a society than teaching, yet the complacent response he gets in announcing his career plans accurately portrays the pathetic short-sightedness of a society that takes quality education for granted while being unwilling to make the necessary human and monetary investments...
Still, the Law of Return reflects the problematic question of what it means to be a "Jewish State" to many Israelis, both Jews and non-Jews, and Kawar is correct in nothing that Israel has complications in defining its national identity. But to characterize Israel as a theocracy represents a simplification of the myriad elements of identity at play: Jewish religious identity, Jewish ethnic identity and Israeli Statist identity. The fact that academia, the press, the public and the parliament (where both Arab and Jew are represented) can debate issues like the Law of Return reveals that Israel...
...think we just plain old got beat," said Delaney-Smith. "Their game strategy was correct. I don't think we were unprepared, and I don't think our kids played badly...