Word: heighted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Black" whereas what he said was that "all my close friends are Black." Additionally, his quote in the staff editorial on 14 April claimed that Ali criticized the Harvard Foundation. In fact, Ali supports the work of the Foundation. Additionally, the AAA fashion show does not have a height requirement, this is clearly a Crimson fabrication...
...Crimson article neglected the important facts and stressed the physical requirements, including the controversial height requirement. To put it simply, there were none. I told The Crimson that 5'6" for women and 5'8" for men would be ideal, and those were the requirements in another Asian fashion show I attended, but people would not be turned away on account of their height. However, what was actually printed in the newspaper is a different story...
...dispel one more misconception, the models are not all Asian. Many non-Asians auditioned for the show as well, and we do have diversity in the models. In addition, not all models fulfill the height requirements, because they never existed in the first place...
...return to traditional policies of the German nation-state," warns Francois Heisbourg, director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. "Then Germany could feel free to break out and go its own way." That happened twice in this century, with devastating consequences. It would be the height of folly for Europe's leaders to risk letting it happen again...
Friends tried to placate me with the consolation that the height requirements were merely due to the fact that the clothes to be modeled were cut for people that tall. In a real fashion show (i.e. one with white models), I was reminded that female models are required to be at least 5'10". By lowering the height requirement, this fashion show was indeed taking into consideration the shorter stature of the Asian community. But that's not the message...