Word: glazer
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...academically and financially viable for them, and that it can potentially provide a positive environment for their education. The Admissions Office agrees wholeheartedly with this view of the present situation and has shown reticence only in the implementation of strategies purposefully designed to redress its inadequacies. Even Nathan Glazer and his equally controversial book, which Mr. Karnes artfully injected into the context of his polemic, concedes the acceptability of improved programs aimed at "advertising opportunities actively, seeking out those who might not know of them, and preparing those who might not yet be qualified...
...perceives some ostensible penetration by Asian Americans into various social and economic levels, Mr. Karnes concludes that most Asian Americans no longer suffer the oppression of their status as a minority in this country. It is obvious that he draws most or all of his substantive information from Professor Glazer's book, and not from any actual contact with persons or facts related directly to the issues at hand. Charles...
This speech is running on a little long. Alright, so what he did with that Glazer guy is interesting, but it ain't doing much for me. Think I'll leave...
...same issue as the editorial, the Crimson also carries a story depicting the use of Nathan Glazer's book Affirmative Discrimination as a tool of anti-busing and other seemingly reactionary forces. The book, which effectively documents some of the excesses and contradictions of affirmative action programs, should serve as a warning to those who attempt to expand the scope of these programs, such as Harvard's to an extent that they become laughable--but much worse--legitimately vulnerable to the criticisms of those who would have them dismantled altogether...
Moynihan's combination of scholarly pursuits and public service is almost without parallel in America today. Along with ground-breaking books on ethnicity (Beyond the Melting Pot, co-authored by Nathan Glazer) and the Great Society (Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding), he served as a White House Counsellor to Richard Nixon and persuaded him to support an income-maintenance program. Later, Moynihan was named Ambassador to India by Nixon and Ambassador to the U.N. by Ford. He was expected to be no great shakes as a campaigner, but he seems to be catching on. With his polka...