Word: gradual
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clubs are sexist by historical tradition, not by intentional malice--just as Harvard was a few years ago. Harvard has gradually been moving to the ideal of equality from men and women, and it is this example that must be followed. Final clubs do not admit women and therefore, by definition, are sexist, a gradual integration of women into the clubs is a good and necessary thing. However, now is not the time for those pseudo-idealists who profess a fundamental "opposition" to all the world's evils, to jump on the Pi Ett condemnation bandwagon in order to "expose...
...contrast, the effect of such policies will be the stifling of creativity and the gradual growth of a government unaccountable to its people. As the traditional bastions of free and uninhibited debate in society, universities can not even give the appearance of accepting restrictions on their research. Instead they must fight the trend--loudly and openly. If universities begin to cave in on the principle, other institutions in society surely cannot be far behind...
...rhythm sped up, the dancers' steps increased in complexity. Movements became more short, sleak and synchronized. Acrobatics introduced--the men worked in pairs. They struck poses, leapt across and up, turned with their arms strongly outstretched--all with perfect control over their bodies. The result was a gradual build up of energy inside of them...
Sissela Bok's Moral Reasoning 24 was among the most popular lectures. "She was outstanding--clear and neutral--and she spoke in favor of good," said Clara Jameson '34. As alumni wandered leisurely around the Yard, they noted the gradual changes that had taken place over the years...
...support for the antigovernment forces of Jonas Savimbi's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). "The governments of Cuba and Angola," the communiqué went on, "reiterate that they shall restart, on their own decision and exercising their sovereignty, the implementation of the gradual withdrawal [of Cuban troops] as soon as the conditions...