Word: equalization
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...Hampshire voter. It was full of big statements about the wonders of America, the need for low taxes and his identification with the little guy. Back in Iowa, Huckabee would often compare slavery and abortion - both resulted, he argued, from ignoring the principle that every human life is created equal. Now in New Hampshire, he begins the same riff, about the horrors of racism and slavery, but the moral has less to do with social values than economic ones. "We need to now value every human being irregardless of their net worth," he says. When the event was over, voters...
...said, “the BGLTSA serves a social and community building function and, subsequently, must temper its political stances and activities so to be inclusive of all queer individuals.” She went on to explain that LGBT rights, such as the fight for equal marriage rights or the effort to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), deserve strong, unified support from the organization that can’t afford to be tempered. Smith makes a good point. To put her diplomatic language into straightforward terms, the BGLTSA just can’t agree. There...
Mattison claimed that Columbia is making a more tangible investment in the community than Harvard is in its expansion. He said that the secondary school to be built by Columbia will enroll an equal number of children who live in the community and children whose parents are affiliated with Columbia. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW] He also pointed out that Columbia’s Web site offers an explanation of the expansion in both English and Spanish, while Harvard’s does not. According to a 2007 survey by the Boston Public Health Commission, 8.5 percent of Allston/Brighton residents speak Spanish...
...Staff writer Vidya B. Viswanathan can be reached at viswanat@fas.harvard.edu. CORRECTION: The Jan. 3 news article "Columbia Expansion Approved in NYC" incorrectly stated that Columbia University would build a secondary school that would enroll an equal number of community children and children of Columbia affiliates. In fact, the university has committed to help build a secondary school for math, science, and engineering as part of its expansion into Harlem, but it will not determine which students are admitted...
...bopper swooning that erupts in Obama's wake, or the easy laughter Huckabee can summon with a drawling punchline. Instead, there are spreadsheets. "When you look at them morally," says Eric Carlson, a 401(k) manager in Des Moines who is deciding between Romney and Huckabee, "they're about equal. So it really comes down to management...