Word: equalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their construction of a legal and political system that protected minorities from the possibility of a tyranny of the majority. Says Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union: "They recognized for the first time ever--and pretty much for the last time--that individual liberty, equal rights, etc., are not assured by democracy. The flaw in a democratic system is: What about the minority, whether religious, political, sexual or whatever--members of a class who would never win an election? The Bill of Rights says what the Government cannot do. It is a set of negative limits...
Also in the past is Harvard's reluctance to admit women and men on an equal basis. Harvard administrators at the time said they were worried that alumni would stop giving to the University if women were admitted, especially if they were accepted in lieu of alumni children...
...British Monarchy serves more as fodder for gossip columnists than anything else. Colleges and universities across this country attract students and professors who Harvard might otherwise retaining, and any reverence remaining for Harvard is counterbalanced by an equal dose of disdain...
Earlier in the term, Lakhdhir made a motion tochange the name of the Adams House Raft Race. Thecouncil had decided to take charge of the annualevent, calling it the Harvard Adams House RaftRace. Lakhdhir asserted that the name should bethe Harvard-Radcliffe Adams House Raft Race togive women equal billing...
...after the U.S. attack on Libya, has settled in the mid-70% range, the highest sustained rating since pollsters began asking the question in 1946. Support of young people is an astonishing 79%. Republican Party dedication has deepened. Wirthlin's numbers show that support for the G.O.P. is equal to that for the Democrats, even though voter- registration figures indicate a sizable margin favoring the Democratic Party...