Word: formalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...DAUGHTER Rana, 17, is shy and not keen on throwing stones, but she is pleased that other young Palestinian women have joined the confrontations. Rana spends her days reading books of philosophy and poetry. Like all youngsters in the occupied territories, she has missed a half-year of formal education because the Israelis shut down government-run Palestinian schools as collective punishment for the intifadeh. Her mother keeps her inside the house for safety and to help with housework...
...final details and wordage of the contract still needs to be worked out," said Robinson. "In the next couple of weeks a formal vote will be taken and I expect it to pass...
This move would be most effective in eliminating the elitist nature of the clubs. Who could possibly boast to his friends, "Guess what guys? My prayers have been answered! I was punched by the Freshman Union yesterday! I'm going to a formal dinner there tonight!" The clubs would be open to women within days...
...emphasis we place on formal education rests on a belief that someone who is intelligent must be "book-smart" or "well-read." Especially at Harvard, we stress that an intelligent person needs to know such information as who Kierkegaard was, what Tolstoy wrote and why the Boer War was fought. While this information may be important in a certain context, it is not a sufficient test of who is "smart...
...excluded from the system of higher education because of economic considerations. While some simply cannot afford an education, many find that the type of education they can afford does not justify the cost and sacrifice to themselves and their family. Others who feel uninspired by the structure of formal schooling may choose not to continue their education, feeling that they would gain no intellectual benefit from it. Since college education is increasingly becoming a pre-professional venture, those who decline the option are increasingly being forced into undesirable levels of a economically stratified society...