Word: inferiority
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Would the same professors have maintained, for example, that Adolf Hitler had the right to teach in German universities that Jews were inferior and should be exterminated? Where does one draw the line between human dignity and integrity and "academic freedom...
Forgive me for having mentioned "human dignity." I almost forgot that it has been stated in a recent Harvard publication that blacks are "genetically inferior." I am referring, of course, to Arthur A. Jensen's article on black inferiority (Harvard Educational Review), which reads more like the gossip column of a South African newspaper, than like a purportedly scientific document. What is a black man to think of this institution when such a scandalous article is allowed to go unchallenged by the same professor who signed the Hunt Hall counter protest--some of whom were eminent geneticists. I suppose...
...future, in his new location, Samshak is optimistic. He has no doubt of the quality of his theatre ("Artistically speaking, there are few theatres in Boston we feel inferior to."), and he is certain that if he can only get his troupe into the public eye, the financial problems will work themselves...
...giving up on an earlier defense ring in the Leningrad area, presumably because of obsolescence. Although no one can be sure of its intent, the Kremlin has reportedly planned a $25 billion program that would buy more than 5,000 Galoshes. U.S. intelligence has assumed that Galosh is an inferior missile supported by relatively old-fashioned mechanical radars and hence of no major concern to the West at present. Recently, though, Defense Secretary Laird has indicated that the Russians are working on new components. German military sources talk of a Russian ABM in the 50-to 60-megaton range...
...Doctor) differs from the LL.B. only in name, and the curriculum at the Law School will not be affected by the change. The Faculty action reflects a national trend, and is intended to insure that Harvard Law graduates are not the victims of discrimination because they hold a supposedly inferior degree...