Word: essays
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...presentation of Guinier's own arguments directly after the quoted views of her critics drives home Stephen Carter's point that "many of the reporters who covered the Guinier story did not bother to read the scholarship about which they were writing...". In proof of this, an entire essay is devoted to the case against quotas, or what the author terms "tokenism." Here she argues persuasively that focusing on the number of Black representatives elected replaces political with electoral outcomes as the major cause for concern. For example, "one Black elected official proportionately represented on a small city council operating...
...years ago, Somas passed over severalbrilliant teachers to promote Stephen Donate, whoreceived decidedly mediocre evaluations of histeaching, to a head preceptor position. In herdefense, Sommers has said Donatelli showed greatpotential and is performing well as the head ofExpos 17, "The Essay...
...addition, two former Expos employees havecharged that Sommers improperly entered her ownstudent's work in the annual contest for the bestfirst-year essay four years ago. Sommers' studentwon the contest. She has categorically denied thatcharge...
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...which he has perfect pitch -- is his weapon of choice: "Alger Hiss always made his debut escorted by the Gods: He came to Washington with a reference from Felix Frankfurter and he went to Lewisburg ((prison)) with a reference to Frank Costello." In the sentence that opens an essay about one of his favorite subjects, the tragedy (or comedy) of the self-deluded rebel, Kempton dryly sums up another progressive hero: "Paul Robeson's was a career whose rise and fall were both tethered to his identity as a man of conspicuous color." Kempton's asperity can be hilarious...