Word: explaining
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...heal a nation that demands proof of God? Why not look inward and ask for proof of man? Are we really here? Science cannot explain our embarrassing presence. It says matter cannot be created or destroyed. I suggest that if science can glibly accept our own presence, it can also accept...
...proud black man, who was a ghetto orphan at six, but now surpass at least 97% of whites in education and income. What I resent is that when you publish a "Black and White Balance Sheet" [Jan. 24], you do not also explain that according to the 1960 census, a black man with four years of college can expect to earn less in a lifetime than a white who just finishes high school. What does this tell us about working hard, being clean, getting an education? Isn't this proof of how racist the system really...
...drive a Fiat, and I live at a much slower pace. I spend lots of idle hours on lonely roads wondering when the tow truck will come, or sitting at the repair shop waiting for the mechanic to explain why the door handle fell off, the clutch cable snapped, and the horn doesn't work on a car that's only three months...
While always a major factor, today, the report noted, "our young account for a greater proportion of crime than the increase in their numbers alone can explain." Since 1960, the population of juveniles has risen 22%; meanwhile, their arrest rate for violent offenses has doubled. Despite its findings, the commission drew fatuous hope from a familiar statistic: "Despite the recent trends, 99% of the population do not engage in crimes of violence...
...implications of this are clear. In the face of rising student concern with ROTC, the Army presents a memorandum to the CEP, a memorandum the content of which is kept secret. The day of the faculty meeting, Dean Ford calls a press conference to explain the CEP resolution, before little understood and intentionally so. It was a clear attempt to forestall student displeasure and announce a fait accompli before anything could be done about it. And this is precisely why he reacted so strongly to the prospect of 200 students sitting quietly at the Faculty meeting: a real and honest...