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...seems our venerable elitist University has developed plebeian proclivities over the summer break. Bowing down to the masses of conformity, Harvard has just earned the distinction of being the first Ivy League school to accept the "common application...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Reject the Common Application | 9/21/1994 | See Source »

...Begala felt as if he were from a different country than some of the senior Clinton officials ... The worst of them, Begala felt, was Leon Panetta, the former congressman from Carmel Valley. Begala felt that of all 435 congressional districts, Panetta's was least representative of America -- the pure, elitist, unreal world of California dreaming. Panetta seemed to love talking about nothing more than deficit reduction ... In private, ((Begala)) began applying a new label to the budget director: 'The Poster Boy for ) Economic Constipation."' -- from Bob Woodward's The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oh, You Mean Leon Panetta ... | 7/11/1994 | See Source »

Coming back to Fairfield after a year ofcollege in the Northeast was a calculatedshock--Jain says they'd spent their first year'honing their elitist fantasies." When Smithreturned to California, she found herself, likemany of her classmates, with a new perspective onhome...

Author: By Michael K. Mayo, | Title: Her Poetry Comes From Ordinary Life | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

Nevertheless, WAC's demands didn't go far enough to suit some campus feminists, who have denounced final clubs as elitist as well as sexist...

Author: By Margaret Isa, | Title: Women's Groups Proliferate | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...oldest women's group on campus, longplayed the role of the women's representative oncampus. In fact, RUS once took a stand against thefinal clubs, denouncing them as elitist andsexist...

Author: By Margaret Isa, | Title: Women's Groups Proliferate | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

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