Word: egalitarian
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...carnival celebration that sambas through the streets of Rio de Janeiro this week is traditionally a showcase of coordinated public spirit. Class divisions give way to elaborate, egalitarian parades involving millions of people and months of preparation. But this year even Carnival became a reminder of Brazil's poverty-driven violent crime, as drug gangs spread terror through Rio's streets last week on the eve of the big party, killing at least 10. It was one more loud warning that to maintain order over the long term, Brazil has little choice but to tackle its epic social inequality, which...
...more egalitarian but still trendy guide is the sleek new Moon Metro series (Avalon Publishing), which explores cities--so far, New York, Paris, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, London and Amsterdam--by neighborhood, with highly individualized but not snarky descriptions written by local correspondents. The guides send travelers to traditional tourist spots as well as chic shops and clubs. The chapters include detailed foldout maps that are discreet enough that you can open them on the street without looking lost...
...Harvard system that seeks to be egalitarian, in fact, has precisely the opposite effect. By forcing all students to pay for the mandatory full-board plan, only those who are wealthier can afford to double pay by going out for meals after already, um, forking out for the mandatory meal plan. A flexible meal plan along the Tufts lines would allow all students increased options and help to redress the economic inequities built into the current system...
Policy makers at the time believed that such consumption would not only spur the economy but create a more egalitarian society as well, Cohen says. But they didn’t realize that as consumption became synonymous with patriotism, divisions along the lines of class, race and gender persisted and were exacerbated in some cases...
...egalitarian spirit unbroken by success, Panino refuses to take reservations. Instead you’ll meet a well-dressed college graduate in her late twenties, conspicuously thinner than anyone else working there, pen and clipboard in hand. She’ll ask for your name and how many in your party and give you an estimate of the wait that is as attractive as it is wildly wrong...