Word: egalitarian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Riesman outlines a shift from "aristocratic meritocracy" to "egalitarian meritocracy" which has taken place at Harvard over the 40 years since his graduation. Aristocratic meritocracy, loosely defined, is based on subjective criteria while egalitarian meritocracy relies on objective standards such as grades and test scores...
Like the state itself, Anderson can sometimes seem almost too good to be true. The son of a meat packer, he is something of a populist, an anti-elitist and egalitarian. He has athletic dash and youthful charm that make many of his constituents think of a Midwestern Kennedy. But Harry S. Truman, not J.F.K., is Anderson's hero. He is uncomfortable with great wealth. Says he: "I identify with Truman, Humphrey and Mondale. All of them were poor, close to working people and came from rural backgrounds. It's tougher for me to identify with F.D.R. and J.F.K...
...reassuring to find that President Bok, as he nears completion of his second year in office, continues to act in good faith on the egalitarian beliefs he professed in Fall...
...somebody's wife," says the chairman of New York City's Commission on Human Rights, Eleanor Holmes Norton. "I was raised to do something with my life." Since black men are already accustomed to assertive women, she says, blacks have "very much of a head start on egalitarian family life...
Personally, I'd rather see Mao as dictator of the United States than Nixon, if it comes down to that. For one thing, he's more interesting. He's also committed to building an egalitarian socialist society, while Nixon's brand of socialism is apparently reserved for his friends at ITT, the Maritime industry, Lockheed, the grain warehouses and the other government-subsidized big boys. For everybody else--for the silent majority whom Nixon described as "the children of the house" in a November interview--the President prescribes hard work, self-reliance and "no free lunch" economics...