Word: inferior
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Besides the practical reasons against equal enrollment, Dean Peterson and his committee alternated between two theoretical or philosophical reasons, the pluralism idea that "women are different" and the straightforward declaration that women are inferior...
...TRIED our best to be sexy and interesting, feminine and creative. Why then were the Harvard guys always the more creative musicians and writers, the more dynamic political leaders, while we had the obviously inferior merit of "getting better grades?" We, accepting even the humor of male-dominated Harvard society, laughed at the Radcliffe grindiness guarded a secret contempt for our sisters who were insecure enough to work hard, and strove to be part of male society...
...IMPORTANT thing to realize from the outset, is that it is impossible to be inferior and equal at the same time: it is impossible to consider your role as a "good woman" to be that of tenderly supporting whatever male you happen to be with in whatever he wants to do, and at the same time make plans for your own creative existence...
...sort of civic confiteor, the President acknowledged: "I recognize that a great number of our young people are concerned about the fact that in our great cities the air is dirty, that in some places the water is polluted, that there aren't enough parks, that education is inferior, that health is inadequate, that there is alienation between the races and between the generations." All these needs, he promised in almost biblical cadences, can and will be satisfied: "I want this nation to be at peace, and we shall be. I want the air to be clean...
...named Footballer of the Year. At 5 ft. 9 in. and 150 Ibs., he looks like a sparrow in shorts next to the burly "hatchetmen" who triple-team him to cries of "Break the bastard's legs!" Best's revenge is "to make them feel so inferior they'll never want to play football again." He does it with speed, deception and an uncanny skill for controlling the ball while warding off tacklers. Earlier this season, coming off a 28-day suspension for angrily slapping the ball out of a referee's hands, Best humbled Northampton...