Word: dis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...editorial attacking affirmative action headlined "Dis Sho Ain't No Jive Bro,"--written entirely in a mock version of purported Black English...
...studying. In addition, The Review is giving Dartmouth a reputation for racism that threatens the college's ability to recruit minority freshmen. And, most seriously, The Review's provocation have led to violence. A Black alumni official, Samuel Smith, was recently convicted for assaulting a Review editor following the "Dis Sho Ain't No Jive" editorial. The Review also claims that Black students slashed the tires and broke the windows of the paper's delivery truck...
...Dartmouth faculty council voted to condemn the paper after undergraduate leaders complained about the paper to the college dean. The students singled out an article on affirmative action entitled "Dis Sho' Ain't no Jive Bro," which was written entirely in "jive...
...Elie Chaib and the cool, correct Carolyn Adams unleash steps that leave dancers in the audience breathless. All the Taylor signature movements are concentrated here: performers extend into precarious postures, arms and hands arc into orbit, leaps become new formations in midair. Few works in the current dance repertory dis play so much vibrancy and amplitude. The piece contains a message as well: modern dance has risen from the floor-where it lay in defiance of ballet-to employ an immense treasure of movement and lyricism. To date, Court is the most accomplished announcement of that rebirth. Memo to June...
Although the Maha rashtra government dis tributed a photograph showing Gandhi inaugurating the talent fund, the Prime Minister had not approved the use of her name. Two months ago, she wrote Antulay ordering him to remove her name from the trust. In an impassioned 50-min. speech to the state legislative assembly, Antulay admitted using her name without authorization. His excuse: "I thought I would be able to persuade Mrs. Gandhi to give her permission." But that, he insisted, was his only mistake. He declared that all the money had been used for the public good...