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Theirs is the kind of male mentality that is incapable of understanding any man who is not fond of violence. Despite a tendency to blame the emotional problems of American youth on "Mom," these men exert relentless efforts to make their sons "real men." If you want to be brave in their eyes, and no boy wants to be a "chicken" to his father, you must oppose violence only if it springs from minority frustrations and admire it at all other times...
Those who prefer to believe that Harvard's alumni will refuse to support an effort to provide equal access for men and women--even if it requires a reduction in men--are hurting, unwittingly, the university they love so dearly. Conant was fond of showing guests to his office the plaque on his desk. "Behold the Turtle. He Maketh Progress Only When His Head Sticketh Out," the plaque read. Harvard's alumni appear to understand better than many administrators that if Harvard is to continue its progressive path, it must discard the myths that have persuaded it to withhold equal...
...bludgeon. He subsidizes his brother, but he does it with disdain, just as he acquires his property -as much an assertion as an investment. Quixotically, Buddy offers his grandfather, who tends a poor garden in his backyard, any plot he wants. But the old man refuses. He is fond of Buddy, but he is well on to him. Beautiful as it is, the land was badly got, and so for him will remain fallow...
...exhausted too much, then you don't sleep well; and if you don't sleep well, then you burst." After describing herself as basically happy, tolerant and honest, Sagan added: "As for my negative side, you could say that I am lazy, cowardly and that I am fond of all the excesses...
...California State College, 65 miles south of Pittsburgh, the sociology professor was one of the most valued and popular members of the faculty, despite his missing an occasional morning class. At Bronx Community College in New York City, students were particularly fond of their social-science teacher, although he was sometimes late for his classes. At the State University of New York at New Paltz, some 70 miles north of The Bronx, a new sociology professor earned the reputation of being a diligent and effective, if sometimes tardy, teacher. Last week, when the New Paltz sociology professor resigned from...