Word: egalitarians
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...symposium, jointly sponsored by the Law School and the Harvard Black Law Students Association, begins tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Austin Hall when J. Skelly Wright of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will discuss "Perspectives on Brown: Start of the Egalitarian Revolution...
...Thursday sessions a group of panelists will assess the accomplishments and shortcomings of the egalitarian revolution and consider future courses of action. The two sessions will be held...
...more movable notion: equality of opportunity. In its name, education has been more lavishly endowed and widely dispensed than in any other nation in history. Of course, as Philosopher John Rawls notes, "equality of opportunity means an equal chance to leave the less fortunate behind." The American egalitarian, having improved his lot, says proudly, "I earned what...
...octogenarian father retains the titular position of President. Once a Communist revolutionary who lived in Russia for twelve years, the younger Chiang has brought a fresh approach to the patrician politics of Taiwan. Responding to criticism that the government had become isolated from the people, he has adopted such egalitarian practices as stumping the island's small cities and farm villages and talking directly to the people. "If I stayed in my office year round, I would not stay as healthy," he told TIME'S Hong Kong Bureau Chief Roy Rowan in Taipei last week. "Getting around...
Hollywood works in artificial extremes. The sticky old westerns or cop movies were based on the assumption that America was full of a spirit of egalitarian community and open land, and that only the aberrant would want to muck things up. The garish new breed of police thrillers tells us that the U.S. drives all its citizens crazy, our cities are virtual insane asylums, and the only objective standard and reforming force is the power...