Word: eschewing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard Democrats should eschew a knee-jerk defense of unpopular programs and instead focus on real solutions. Instead of spending their energy protesting cuts in welfare, Harvard Democrats should talk about how to finally end the pervasive cycle of poverty. Rather than fight Republican cuts in student loans, Harvard Democrats show propose ideas to throw open the doors to college to all those kept out because of escalating tuition costs. Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 said that it should be "the task of our Party to break with foolish traditions." Harvard Democrats should lead the way in this process, not bring...
...Christian students are usually offered celebrations in honor of Hanukkah (an extremely minor Jewish holiday) or Kwanzaa as substitutes for the red-and-green pageantry of Christmas; they are simply not the same thing. To prevent Harvard from becoming a markedly Christian institution, we must eschew religious decorations in public spaces altogether...
...many Harvard students do not even know where on Brattle Street the theatre is, let alone seek it out to watch movies. Many do not know it is the only theatre in the Harvard Square area to show classics, reissues and art films. They eschew Barbara Stanwyck and Jimmy Stewart for Demi Moore and Jim Carrey--and most don't even know what they're missing...
While students may have rejected the agenda of the Progressive Undergraduate Council Coalition (PUCC), the group's 31 members can be a positive force in reforming the council--provided they eschew the radical planks of their platform for those that truly represent their constitutents' interests...
...pending GOP-controlled House: Gingrich invited Democrats to join a ''quality of life'' advisory committee that will rejigger House schedules so members can spend more time with their children. He also said he did not own a black Cadillac he was seen leaving in last week and would eschew the House Speaker's traditional privilege to be chauffeured in one.Post your opinion on theElection '94bulletin board...