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...first flaw in the theory of multiculturalism is a practical one. Quite simply, this country is much too diverse a place to cover all the ethnicities that comprise it in any general study of American history or society...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: Multiculturalism in the Academy | 3/15/1994 | See Source »

...second flaw in the multiculturalist theory is more fundamental. The particularistic multiculturalists (those who hold that "no common culture is possible of desirable") seem to assume that the colorful heritages and cultures of America's minorities are being suppressed by a homogeneous "white" institution. This assumption flies in the face of the basic fact that America is a nation that has been multicultural since its inception...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: Multiculturalism in the Academy | 3/15/1994 | See Source »

...Cooper plan does have one great flaw. The plan does not encourage those covered by it to work. Taking a higher-paying job could take your family from fully insured to almost uninsured, so there is little incentive to work more. A family can keep earning more until its income rises above the poverty level; at that point, the family's subsidy for health care begins to drop...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Health Care Plans Fall Short on Financing | 2/23/1994 | See Source »

That was Roamno's first mistake; overestimating the firmness of MacKinnon's grasp on reality Romano believed that since there was no way she would actually accuse him of rape without his ever having physically touched MacKinnon, she would be forced to concede a flaw in her theory...

Author: By Edward F. Mulkerin iii, | Title: Literal Rape | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

...leak has sprung in the solution to Fermat's last theorem, the famous equation that has intrigued mathematicians for 350 years. The 200-page proof that Princeton mathematician Andrew Wiles unveiled with such panache last summer turns out to have a flaw. "I believe I will be able to finish this in the near future," Wiles told colleagues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week December 5-11 | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

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