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...real fault, though, lies with a University that is unwilling to state publicly the extent of the problem. Several years ago, Harvard publicized a study which concluded in part that minority students were academic underachievers--Harvard would never, it seems, dare offend its athletes in a similar manner. Charles T. Kurzman
...first I thought it was because he thought the last goal was my fault. No way I was screened! Ask Tim Smith number 3, he knows that's the reason. He saw the picture in Sports Illustrated and says i was definitely screened. Besides he never lies just ask his three girlfriends...
...excuse seeks to extenuate, sometimes to remove the blame entirely from something which would otherwise be at fault. It can seek to extenuate in three ways. First, it can seek to suggest that what is seen as a fault is not really one. Second, it can suggest that, though there has been a fault, the agent is not really blameworthy, because he is not responsible. And finally, it can suggest that, though there has been a fault, and though the agent is responsible, he is not really to blame because he has good reasons to do as he did." (Sissela...
...asking myself just yesterday. Apparently the TWSA published a booklet concerning minority presence at Harvard-Radcliffe. I read it carefully and liked what it had to say; there appeared to be no controversy. But reading the headlines of a March 11, article in The Crimson, I find "Students Fault TWSA Report...
Reading further I find that it is a "minority" faulting the report. What a paradox! Why would one "minority" fault another's claims? Is there dissension? Yes. I refer to one short passage to explain this, as it turns out, helpful paradox...