Word: dismissals
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...easy for us, as Harvard students, to dismiss the need for public protests as a supplement to intellectual discussion. When we pass by a “Justice for Janitors” protest, we sometimes wonder, “Don’t these people have good enough arguments to rationally debate the issue instead of making all this noise and taking their cause to the streets?” This is essentially what former University President Neil L. Rudenstine was saying in his statement during last spring’s sit-in, which he e-mailed to every student...
...tempting to dismiss this invasiveness as merely an issue of annoyance—something not worth making a big deal over. But that is precisely the kind of thinking that has led to a constant degradation of standards. An annoyance can quickly become a major problem, especially if you keep reversing what you consider an acceptable level of irritation to be. It’s time to draw a line, right here: ads must end at the bathroom door...
Kennedy’s attention to the importance of the N-word’s role in African-American history shows his appreciation for the subject’s complexity and demand for nuanced interpretation. To dismiss the word as a one-dimensional insult disregards its deep and loaded history. Kennedy’s book is in many ways an effort to analyze this history and place the deeply stigmatized and tabooed word at the forefront of race-relations dialogue in America. In fact, Kennedy censured what he called the “eradicationist” position, espoused by those...
...sooner or later, she’s going to see that he’s talking out of his ass and that he’s an ugly, ugly guy.” Then the boasting subsides. “I mean, she’s probably gonna dismiss me,” he admits...
Most Serbs who watch will be in for a shock. Whether they accept the tribunal or dismiss it, says Sonja Biserko, president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Belgrade, "We are going to be forced to confront things that haven't been discussed until now. The horror of the crimes will become self-evident." And the government of President Vojislav Kostunica may face dissent from within as the misdeeds of insiders - many of them still in office - are publicly aired for the first time and new witnesses are called upon to testify...