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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...demeans blacks and Hispanics by saying that the essence of their being is their skin color, that the diversity they bring is literally skin deep. It treats them as an undifferentiated and homogeneous mass, characterized by Orwellian groupthink of the sort that post-war intellectuals said would never exist and that present-day intellectuals seem all too eager to abet...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Defining Diversity Down | 3/18/1998 | See Source »

...sick of it," Reeves said, "We can't connect the few kids we have with the resources that exist because there's too many steps in between...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Officials Debate School Policy | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...caught. These yahoos are breaking the law at a daily interval and yet they have no problem accepting the fact that they are engaged in something that appears treasonable to all but the most trained observer. That doesn't make any sense. What kind of benefits exist as compensation for this depression era job security? The scenario in La Femme Nikita is more plausible. Do a nasty deed, get blackmailed into doing several more, only for the good guys this time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Memo to Movieland: `Marshals' Hard to Digest | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...same question and you're likely to get a clear, confident response about a belief in the need for smaller government and a return to "traditional values." This is not to imply that the Republican Party has an iron-clad, uniformly-supported ideology. It doesn't. Significant tensions do exist within the party--between deficit hawks and tax-cutters, libertarians and social moralizers, free traders and protectionists. But, despite these differences, Republicans at least seem to have a vision about the role and responsibility of government that they can unify around and use as a guide when governing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Running on Empty | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

Such discussions are vital to revealing the fears, animosities and prejudices that exist between students on campus and hopefully will lead to concrete steps toward greater understanding and interconnection--as well as tolerance--of the various ethnic and racial groups on campus. On the survey, students gave the Harvard campus a B+ in general and the administration a B- on race relations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Talking Race | 3/11/1998 | See Source »

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