Word: failings
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...whistling in the wind." Whether they falsely assert Anglo-American culture as universal (a la Bloom) or "lay claim to the ideal of 'blackness' as an ideology or a quasi religion, totalized and essentialized into a protofascist battering ram supervised by official thought police" (a la Jeffries), they fail to ready the young for the world they will face...
What proponents of ending Harvard's role in acquaintance rape cases fail to acknowledge is that Harvard is free to adopt behavioral standards stricter than those written in criminal...
Should he succeed, he'll win widespread praiseand respect. But should he fail, the failure couldhaunt him for the remainder of his career
Much of the diplomatic activity has been prompted by growing fears in the West that if democratic values and free-market economies fail to take root, the whole southern rim of the old Soviet empire will slide inexorably into the embrace of Islamic fundamentalism. Central Asia has been an arena for clashing values, an ancient land swept successively by Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Tatars, Russians and finally communist bureaucrats. During 70 years of heavy-handed rule, Soviet administrations made every effort to standardize life and co-opt Islamic culture. The abrupt end of Moscow's power has left...
Many on the Right and the Left fail to acknowledge or realize that the present legal system (including many of its most fundamental precepts, such as the notion of protecting the accused over the accuser) is one made by men and for men. Liberals and conservatives often both fail to understand or admit that the debates about date rape, abortion and violence against women are debates that are personal and political on both sides, not merely one. Thus, most importantly, they cut short any discussion that could in the end bring about laws that are more just...