Word: elitist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ever growing flying public is becoming painfully aware that some curses have accompanied the blessings of airline deregulation. Bargain fares and upstart airlines have increased bookings from 319 million passengers two years ago to an expected 410 million this year. What was long an elitist and expensive but comfortable means of transportation has been transformed into a democratic, cut-rate mass-transit system that is straining to serve the hordes of new passengers...
...achieving some ideal of what an American should be, and Harvard is an integral part of that ideal. This University was founded by the original American stock of New England. Its ivy-covered brick walls, wood-panelled rooms and highbrow image are part of the traditional English heritage and elitist manner still maintained in this nation of equals...
Both Coletta and Epps say that they do not think the $15 admission price for the ball will dissuade students from attending the ball or make it into an elitist affair. The dean points out that the charge for the ball is about what the cost for a night at the movies and dinner would cost, while Coletta notes that the ticket charge is in line with the cost of the house formals...
...mere mention of history and cultural conditions is regarded by many critics as arrogant, elitist and racist. "What makes you think," say those critics, "that only advanced and educated people are capable of democracy? The poor and the ignorant also yearn for freedom, and why should we assume that they are not capable of free government...
Some members are trying to open up the election process so that any undergraduate could try to become a member. "A big concern among members is how to make [the Signet] less elitist than it is now," says Cardwell, a Kirkland House resident...