Word: granted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Grant herself also refused to comment, though...
...midst of the national debate about thejuvenile justice system and Harvard's ethicalresponsibilities, tow members of the FacultyStanding Committee on Admissions and Financial Aidtold The crimson that Grant had lied to her alumniinterviewer, reportedly saying that her mother haddied in a car accident...
...national brouhaha erupted over Harvard's decision to rescind its offer of admission to Gina Grant, when it was discovered that she had murdered her mother; Harvard was oftentimes cast as not trusting in the juvenile justice system to reform offenders, hypocritically defending the system but doing nothing to practice what it preached. A helicopter crashed into a University boathouse. A freak virus sent hundreds of freshman to UHS. Harvard Medical School Professor John Mack claimed that aliens from outer space were kidnapping and sexually abusing humans. Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz joined the O.J. Simpson circus as part...
This same media plays up a story like Gina Grant's, which perfectly sets in opposition an elite institution like Harvard and an ideal victim--abused by her mother and reformed by the justice system--only to demonize the elite, only to channel the jeers of millions of ordinary American sympathizers in a strike against an institution which they do not know, but can confidently criticize nonetheless. These are the knocks of the real world at Harvard's door...
Coles is one of many Harvard professors who regularly writes for national magazines. In June, Coles received a generous grant to lead public service projects in Boston...