Word: humanities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wrong--I'm not saying that I am any less guilty than the next person of getting really sententious about stupidity. And Harvard, thankfully, is the ideal setting to let your mind and vocal cords wander into the postmodern recesses of the human condition, before you get out of here and have to deal with things like does the toaster work and paying the insurance bill and taking the car to the Jiffy Lube...
Arsenal of Hypocrisy Dept: The Liberal Boutique has some rare, albeit conditional praise for the Bush Administration. Executive branch officials belatedly acknowledged yesterday that the Nicaraguan contras are guilty of human rights abuses, including torturing and raping civilians. Bush, however, still supports his favorite terrorist group...
Commonalities bring people together. It is a natural human tendency to associate with those with whom we share a common ground. Classical music brings musicians together to form orchestras. Political ideologies bring people to form Republican and Democratic organizations. And historical and cultural similarities and common political, educational and social needs bring minority students together to form minority groups...
...formed 13 years ago to address the cultural, educational, political and social needs of Asian Americans on campus: culturally, to celebrate the richness of our heritage; educationally, to discover our identities; politically, to obtain the rights to which we are entitled as human beings and as minorities are being denied; socially, to develop ties with those with whom we share commonalities. Our focus is the Asian American community, and we have and always will encourage all Harvard-Radcliffe students to explore its many facets...
Impassioned reporting can help awaken readers to the abuse of human rights or the needs of persecuted ethnic and national groups. Distorted, sensational, and ultimately numbing reporting on Israel, on the other hand, while it may have some immediate effect on the plight of the Palestinians, in the long run makes support for the Palestinians secondary to condemnation of Israel. Such reporting will serve only nations like Jordan and Syria--the truer, deeper and more longstanding enemies of Palestinian statehood...