Word: discomforting
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...race matters at Harvard. Race also matters at Princeton and elsewhere. But people of color—students and workers—do not have the luxury and privilege to simply pack up and leave their schools or jobs whenever they encounter racial discomfort. I would hope that our esteemed professors would be sensitive to the fact that, for most people of color, life is not a china shop...
...this University is too embarrassed to house even the smallest extension of the military because it will take time to persuade a bitterly intolerant public to swallow its discomfort, we’ve lost sight of the big picture. The safety our military provides gives us the freedom to reject its presence here at Harvard. Only under the umbrella of its protection do we have the opportunity to shape America—and the military itself—into the inclusive community we try so hard to model. When we banish from campus the only military group that dares...
...complaining. I have enough historic sensibility to understand that difficulty observing Jewish holidays and feelings of discomfort about the abundance of Christian symbolism during the Christmas season are both among the more benign results of living as a minority. However, after missing seven days of classes during the first three weeks of this semester because of the series of Biblical Jewish holidays, I do not feel welcomed and included when Harvard incorporates the minor holiday of Hanukkah into the Christmas season...
...significant, and the procedure—which takes place in a petri dish—is ethically acceptable. Congress should establish procedures for the oversight and regulation of such research where necessary. It should not place a ban on promising scientific research out of a vague feeling of discomfort...
...world's media this week was taken up by commentaries on Secretary of State Colin Powell's Monday speech on the peace process. Egypt's official Al Ahram was cautiously optimistic in an editorial, but it also carried a front page analysis predicting problems: "[The Palestinians'] ill-disguised discomfort was due to the concrete demands Powell made on them to bring about [an end to the intifada] compared to the vagueness he wanted from Israel to move to [end its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza]." Israeli raids into Palestinian territories and new housing construction in settlements continued even...