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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think that's allowed. "I object! Corpus Jurus Secundum! No ex post facto! The counsellor is leading the witness! Habeus Corpus! Philosophae Naturalis Principia Mathematica! I'm hungry! Where's my money...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Ulltimate Job | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

...plan. Lately I've noticed that the big trend is toward trends. People are starting to realize that if a trend is recognized and publicized, it becomes de facto a more powerful trend. Positive feedback...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: The Trend Toward Trends | 2/28/1987 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the Hasty Pudding Club is trying to create a de facto tenth club by tightening its requirements for membership and giving honorary membership to each final club president. This was after the Harvard administration--which previously had cut ties with elitist clubs--spent over a million dollars to bail the Pudding out of its financial troubles...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: CAMPUS CRITIC | 2/7/1987 | See Source »

...teach it is through ignorance. "Separation of racial groups breeds fear and misunderstanding," says William Taylor of the Center for National Policy Review, a Washington civil rights group. Or as Jomills Braddock of Johns Hopkins elaborates, "When racial groups are separated by segregation -- de jure or de facto -- stereotypes form. When one group has economic, political and social advantages over the other, the group without becomes negatively stigmatized, and the group with advantages develops aversion to the group without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Racism On The Rise | 2/2/1987 | See Source »

While Harvard during the late 19th century may have been a playground for Boston's elite, Black undergraduates not only faced the problems of prejudice, but also de facto segregation from the white community at large...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLANNING A NEW WORLD | 1/7/1987 | See Source »

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