Word: fulfillingness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jewett does acknowledge a common criticism levelled against the tutor system, that the burden of fulfilling "official duties," such as pre-med advisor or race-relations counselor, results in deficient advising.
But after the L.A. riots, the emphasis should be not on changing America's goals--as some racial and ethnic Balkanists would advocate--but on fulfilling them for all Americans. That's no lily-white suburban dream--just an American one.
That issue is, of course, an increasingly urgent one: Are the Japanese really different from you and me (and not just as the rich are)? Wilde certainly brings many Japanese cultural positions into the living room. But culture, you will say, is not the point. It is Japan's one...
There is some question, in fact, whether white fear and suspicion of blacks may be higher than most will confess to pollsters. Some analysts think it is and worry about a vicious circle: white fear of black crime is so high as to lead some to excuse almost any behavior...
To stay at Harvard for four years would have effectively prevented deLone from fulfilling what she says was her childhood dream: to be a successful pro player.