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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Rashad, who joins the ranks of previous honorees including Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks and poet Faye Jessica Care Moore, was lauded by organizers for using her presence on “The Cosby Show” to counteract stereotypes...

Author: By Carol P. Choy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Black Men's Forum Honors Cosby Actress Rashad | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

...board member Jason W. Young ’04 said Rashad’s portrayal of Clair Huxtable helped counteract many stereotypes about black women, making her a prime choice for this year’s celebration, “Redefining the Face of Excellence...

Author: By Ndidi N. Menkiti, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Cosby’ Actress To Be Honored | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

...Supreme Court was defeated in 1987, reveals a tension in the American Constitution and in the way we think our government should work. On the one hand, our separation of powers provides us with a system of checks and balances, whereby “ambition must be made to counteract ambition,” and “the interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place” (Federalist 51). On the other hand, the judiciary is different, and that is why article III of the Constitution provides for judges to enjoy good...

Author: By Murray Dry, | Title: Federalists on the Estrada Nomination | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...most far-reaching developments will be the discovery of the genes that cause us to age. Once we understand those genes, we will be able to counteract them. Then we will slow down the aging process dramatically. My great-grandchildren might live to 150 and not look very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Future Visions | 2/17/2003 | See Source »

...Dispute had only a one-night run; Marivaux has languished in obscurity for some two hundred years since. While critics generally acknowledged the characters’ witty dialogue, they have dismissed Marivaux’s works as light, fluffy and superficial—a perception which Bogart hopes to counteract...

Author: By Alexandra D. Hoffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 18th Century Play Brought to New Life at the ART | 2/7/2003 | See Source »

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