Word: explainer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This, in addition to the telescope's convenient location, could explain their popularity among undergrads...
...attendance figures always seem to float above the 2,000 mark, yet how can that one statistic explain the real faces who journey across the river to Bright...
...sophomore woman who has not been involved in undergraduate programs at Radcliffe College, I am writing to explain why it is essential to me to receive a diploma that recognizes Radcliffe's history and symbolism. With Anna Baldwin and Emma Cheuse, I sponsored the Act for Equal Harvard-Radcliffe Baccalaureate Diplomas, which was passed by the Harvard-Radcliffe Undergraduate Council on Sunday. Many women feel that Radcliffe's resources and opportunities for women, public policy contributions and initiatives for women's scholarship are reasons enough to include Radcliffe on our diplomas. I supported this bill not only because I believe...
...perceived blacks as lazier than whites, 58 percent said blacks were more violence-prone and 56 percent said that blacks were less intelligent than whites. What is more, most whites blame blacks themselves, or African-American culture, for any remaining social disadvantages that blacks face. No doubt this helps explain the almost rabidly eager reception given any political pundit or social science scholarship that lectures to black America on its shortcomings. The end result is a political climate that is profoundly hostile to affirmative action and other efforts to fully incorporate African-Americans...
...documentary 4 Little Girls, which debuts on HBO on Feb. 23 at 9 p.m. E.T., Spike Lee sets out to tell the stories of the victims of the bombing and to explain why it happened when and where it did and the effect it had on the civil rights movement. The film was briefly in theatrical release last year, and has just been nominated for an Oscar. Shifting smoothly from the most poignant details of the girls' lives--Scout badges, a first pair of grownup shoes--to the actions of historical figures like the Rev. Martin Luther King...