Word: elitist
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...final clubs will miss Harvard's Centrex phone service or its steam heating is of little consequence. They won't. But Harvard won't miss its affiliation with the clubs either. After years of pressure, the University moved in the right direction by breaking its ties with the elitist and sexist clubs...
...service to anti-elitism. Something about the times has persuaded large numbers of otherwise sensible people that the right and proper price for privilege (earned or unearned) is guilt, and that one's guiltiness can be simultaneously displayed and exorcised by public opposition to anything labeled elitist. (Fortunately, few Harvard-Radcliffe students actually feel the guilt they think they should; most are too healthy and sensible for that; but they seem unable to work out a satisfying rationale for enjoying themselves; and thus are easy prey for Neo-Puritans...
...expansion and subsequent diminution of low-income housing units, but, more importantly, as a concerned member of that community. For the same reasons, the Leverett House community ought to be concerned with what is going on our very own doorstep. To not believe so is an elitist denial of human compassion. Furthermore, the fact that community members ought to take action to help the homeless in no way endangers the security of the student body...
Although the Rambam was an intellectual and something of an elitist, he cared greatly for the welfare of ordinary Jews. In Egypt, he was the religious and social head of his community. The newly published Crisis and Leadership: Epistles of Maimonides, by Abraham Halkin and David Hartman (Jewish Publication Society; $15.95), portrays an international leader of his faith who was courageous and compassionate, though sometimes blunt...
...enjoy each others' company, at times. To label such desires for close fraternal friendship as being totally morally backwards, is wrong, and to use it as a scapegoat for the ills of society is inexcusable. When I joined a club, I was not expressing a desire to become socially elitist. When I joined a club, I was not going against my moral principles and those of my friends (non-club members). I am a foreign student, a Catholic and on financial aid. As a strong supporter of human rights, I am neither sexist nor racist. I would consider myself...