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...number of Jewish students admitted to Harvard. At the same time, he went further than Eliot in providing facilities that could sustain the more democratic ideals which had gradually been established at the university. In developing the residential House system during the late 1920s, Lowell specifically sought to diminish the tendency of students to form 'cliques based upon similarity of origin and upon wealth...
Weiss turned out to be sadly prophetic. Still, Harvard's defeat against Army should not diminish its victory over B.C... Even without the aid of three injured starters--sophomore Adam Griesemer, freshman Mike Occhuizzo and freshman Dan Devivo--the match against the Eagles was never close, as evidenced by the 30-point margin of victory...
...verboten. A meeting among Harding, Smith, Bob and the photographer only worsened the situation. At the end of it, Smith claimed Bob's car hit him. Bob claimed Smith jumped on his car and Harding rammed Bob's car with hers. The Globe decided the brouhaha did nothing to diminish the value of the photos, and paid up. Who says romance is dead...
Scheduling the formal on Sunday, although it may diminish attendance, was a major cost-cutting measure, according to organizers, who added that rooms for Saturday nights must often be booked two years in advance...
Some may say that race does matter, although it shouldn't, and therefore we have to discuss it in order to diminish its impact. But this leads to a case of the chicken or the egg. Sure, we may need to study other ethnic groups to further assimilation, but in doing so we automatically stigmatize those groups we're studying. We study race because race matters, than we deny that race matters, then we study race more because we want to make sure ethnic groups aren't excluded by oversight. It becomes a never-ending cycle...