Word: fewness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The trouble within the Woman's Movement was that no issue galvanized feminist activity. The Equal Rights Amendment was not ratified because so few women saw the gains as being immediate or verifiable. Other issues like pornography pitted female civil libertarians against their allies when many argued that the ills...
Biology professor and Leverett House Master John E. Dowling '57, who serves with Liem on the advisory committee of the Harvard Foundation, said that the new Dunster master is one of very few minority house masters in Harvard's history.
Dowling said that the small percentage of minority house masters reflects the scarcity of minorities in the faculty. He added that the few minority faculty members are asked to do so much that they might not be willing to become house masters.
Few writers have made better use of their estrangement than Naipaul. He recently returned to India to gather material for his third book on the subcontinent, and things could be going more smoothly. A recent election in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has been disruptive. Madras' main streets are...
The sorting out takes time and patience. An interview with a local bureaucrat seems to support Naipaul's contention that "everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two." After much difficulty, he has arranged a chat with two Tamil radicals. The pair are escorted...