Word: ethnical
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...definitely see some merit in making sure people feel comfortable where they are," says Kathleen, E. Campbell '00, a first-floor prefect in Greenough. "But I don't think that necessarily means plac- ing people in ethnic or interest-basedhomogeneous groups...
...Irish poet's project to revive Anglo-Saxon for today's audiences, however, is not just another indulgence of "ethnic swank," he says. Because, 0 as he argued in one of the Wednesday "Talking Shop" discussions, "The English tongue is something that's grown beyond the nation." English speakers who are not English nationals can claim the poem as part of their linguistic genealogy as legitimately as those who carry English passports, he argued...
Though the Irish and the English have historically fought bloody battles over every sort of territory, Heaney's move is not one that furthers that conflict. His reclamation of Beowulf does not violently uproot the epic poem from its English context and encourage ethnic possessiveness. In fact, it bridges at least one gap between the two parties...
...also knows the human cost of all this violence. One night two weeks ago, Holbrooke and Christopher Hill, U.S. ambassador to Macedonia, arrived in Pristina, Kosovo's capital, to brief ethnic Albanian leaders on the talks. Holbrooke was exhausted, and emotion percolated into his tired brain as he considered the consequences of a failed negotiation. "We may not see you again before the bombing starts," Holbrooke soberly told Albanian dissident leader Ibrahim Rugova. A quiet settled over the group. Hill said under his breath, "We may never see you again...
...your article "There's Something about Linda" [NATION, Oct. 5], Linda Tripp turns out to be exactly what we have come to expect: devious, manipulative and certainly not someone who can be called a friend. The Judiciary Committee agreed to censor the numerous racial and ethnic jokes that Tripp and Monica Lewinsky made. Regardless of their relevance, if Clinton had made one of these jokes, it would have been front-page headlines. Why are Lewinsky and Tripp sheltered from public disclosure of their tasteless and biased remarks? ABE LIU Del Mar, Calif...