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...harsh winter and lower than expected new-car sales early this year hurt all of Detroit's automakers, but none more than Chrysler, which once again is awash in red ink. Last week, his newly styled hair showing more gray than usual, Chairman John Riccardo announced his company's biggest first-quarter loss in its history: $119.8 million...
Thirty-nine women and 25 men submitted over 150 entries. Some, President Horner said at the presentation, were "a might harsh on Harvard" ("Radcliffe: A Hundred Years of Eluding Harvard"); others, she said, were "earthy" ("Keeping a Breast With Education--Radcliffe...
...against sociobiology but one which, in the spectrum of human opinion, is as justifiable and allowable as any other. Yet when J. Wyatt concludes that "It [sociobiology] serves as a powerful force of legitimization for the elites of a hierarchical society that is kind to those on top and harsh to those on the bottom." (Anyway, what kind of sentence is this!) I must take strong objection. If, with any degree of writing skill and thematic continuity Emmerich employed in composing his statement, how did he jump from his "no evidence" criticism to a rather strong and unconfirmable remark...
Still, the new U.S. Code will have little immediate impact on the administration of local justice. Unfortunately, in Houston, which is fast acquiring an unsavory reputation for "frontier justice," there are some who believe Judge Sterling's sentences for the police officers were too harsh. After all, as one citizen noted, "A few years ago, they would have been set free...
THIS VULGAR DARWINISM boils down to deeply conservative politics. It serves as a powerful force of legitimization for the elites of a hierarchical society that kind to those on top and harsh to those on the bottom. Devore's talk attracted a huge crowd of Harvard students--the new elites--many of whom gave Devore a standing ovation. And their applause is understandable. Devore offers the perfect panacea for guilt--"Don't worry about inequality; don't feel guilty; you're not responsible." Those students discerning enough to recognize the inequalities of our society may still find solace...