Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Information Act "the Taj Mahal of the Doctrine of Unanticipated Consequences, the Sistine Chapel of Cost-Benefit Analysis Ignored." In a caustic critique of affirmative action, he facetiously proposed a system he dubbed "R.J.H.S.--the Restorative Justice Handicapping System," in which individuals would be awarded points based on their ethnic backgrounds to determine how much they owed society...
...question State Sen. George Bachrach (D-Watertown) has been asking ever since Joseph P. Kennedy II entered the Eighth Congressional District race last fall. You can also bet that the rest of the candidates in the district are wondering the same thing, only with a slightly different ethnic twist, such as: What's a grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 to do when competing against another political icon...
...about his views declared "he's afraid of revolutions." Dean of Students Archie C. Epps concurs, saying, "His conservativism is enforced by the fact that his family is from Iran, and is a reflection of recapturing the glory of Iran. These are conservatives whose ideas are rooted in the ethnic immigrant experience. He has to struggle to move it [his views] from from its parochial base...
...newsmakers it features. This was especially true in the case of this week's cover subject, Governor Mario Cuomo of New York, who is preoccupied by philosophy and ethics as well as politics. Covering him prompted reporters and writers to brush up on theology and study his ethnic heritage in addition to scrutinizing his record and analyzing his speeches...
...bonus to play in their Class D Georgia-Florida League. A scouting report prepared at the time singled out Cuomo for his talent and his aggressiveness: "He is another who will run over you if you get in his way." Once, when a catcher muttered an ethnic insult, Cuomo turned and punched him in the face mask. Apart from his temper, Cuomo had a problem: he could not hit a curve ball. He knew that there was more to life than playing ball...