Word: dares
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...speaks to these particular masters with vox Dei. The servant tries to warn the master that if he persists in his extravagant behavior, be it passion or madness, he affronts not only the social but the cosmic order, and will incur the vengeful wrath of the gods. The servant dare not speak too freely lest he be cuffed or dismissed. The master pulls his rank and fails to heed. And thus these overweening master-heroes plunge to their doom...
...disapproves. Lessing, with all her social conscience, simply hasn't got the consciousness, historical or prophetic, to tell us anything we haven't heard before, As for posterity, what will be her longevity? Nothing, as the past several years have proved only too-well, is so quickly dated as-dare I say it?--relevance...
...Cadets do have their escapes. One is flirtation walk, it narrow path on the campus which is unofficially off-limits to officers, and as such is the only place at West Point where Cadets dare touch members of the opposite sex, and which has also been known to shelter many it liquor or dope party. Another escape route is athletics, which consume a major portion of each Cadet...
...people must be joking! Many of the kids selected for Who's Who are chosen by their high school counselors and/or principals. These kids would be outwardly more conservative- I dare say, out of fear rather than conviction, or as a means of "making friends and influencing people." Harsh words? Well, I was guilty of the same thing, and am not exactly proud of my previous gutlessness...
Speaking at the Afro-American Cultural Center later in the week. Guinier charged that "only the ignorant could dare say that an Afro-American Studies Department should not teach African history." He was referring to the Review Committee recommendation that the Department de-emphasize African history...