Word: elitists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WHAT?! you scream. A bunch of elitist, corporate-sponsored jerks in long pants trying to whack a white ball into a little hole. And some people watch this on television and call it sport...
...active supporter of Women Appealing for Change (WAC), I agree with you that a co-ed goal will not entirely eliminate the elitist nature of these clubs; however, it is an important step in the right direction. Co-ed membership will eliminate discrimination based on gender. That is a worthwhile goal in itself and like all reform, opens up the possibility for more changes in the future...
...members of the Harvard community hope that the Fly's move will lead to similar decisions by the other eight clubs. Others believe that even if all the clubs vote to go co-ed, it would only be the first step in reforming a system they say is still elitist in nature...
...Order, the shadowy British syntho-dance band, has always reveled in its contradictions. By melding the nihilistic mettle of punk with microchip magic and a populist disco beat, it has sold millions of records without losing its elitist mystique. Progressive dance-floor hits like 1983's Blue Monday made it possible to be cool while working up a sweat and anticipated the techno- industrial revolution, paving the way for groundbreaking groups such as Happy Mondays and Jesus Jones...
...animal-rights activists, well-born white conservationists and elephants. Elephants? Bonner's subtitle, Peril and Hope for Africa's Wildlife, constitutes false advertising since the book's sympathies lie with Africans who suffer at the hooves of elephants that trample crops, destroy property and kill natives. According to Bonner, elitist conservationists unleashed these malevolent beasts on hapless villagers when the World Wildlife Fund and the African Wildlife Foundation cynically pushed for an international ban on the sale of ivory in 1989 because it played well with sentimental American donors...