Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only does the brief 13-page epilogue not meet the historical standards Levine presents in the rest of the book, it leaves the reader with an uneasy feeling that the whole historical excursion has been designed to encourage you to feel greater cultural tolerance. No doubt this is a worthy goal. But it seems Levine is on firmer ground when he presents the details of an integrated culture, and the ugly process whereby culture was used to divide people. When he presumes to discuss our current cultural problems, his approach seems as flawed as reading a book through the lens...
After all, Greenspan--who controls the nation's money supply--is one of many Washington insiders who support Bush's economic goals, but express doubt about the president's ability to deliver on his campaign promises...
Specifically, insiders doubt the president's ability to bring down the $155 billion deficit--a hand-me-down from the Reagan era--without raising taxes or making massive social spending cuts, as he has promised. Even many staunch Republicans say Bush's spending plan will not be enough to keep the federal government...
...symbol can only do so much. Too often, it convinces those who cling to them more than those who must accept them. And if there will never be another 1950s night at a Harvard dining hall, students will no doubt attribute it to the complaints of a bunch of Black students. Not to a bunch of white people who offended them...
...Black student rose and challenged him on why the works of Black writers should not be included in the pantheon of great books. Bloom was unyielding, and the student proceeded to rail against the ancients as white Anglo-Saxon protestants. The slip was for Bloom, and no doubt for many, proof of the unthinking mindset of many minorities who demand inclusion...