Word: inter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps most disappointing is the novel's blase treatment of important questions concerning race. Certain characters rally around stereotypical Afrocentric causes. Others, serving as archetypal liberals, are more open to the concept of inter-ethnic dating on the modern college campus. But essentially, Thomas-Graham does little more than state the fact that life as a black woman at Harvard is difficult, a point with which most of us certainly wouldn't disagree. Nowhere does she attempt to describe the significance of racial obstacles. Nowhere does she explain what methods, if any, Nikki uses to overcome imposed hardships. Thomas-Graham...
Meanwhile, one of Fineberg's pet projects hangsin the lurch, the inter-faculty initiatives of theUniversity Fund...
...attempt to solidify his centralizingtendencies, Rudenstine has focused on tangible andobvious examples of inter-school collaboration...
Other signs of collaboration between differentschools include the Hong Kong center, a jointoperation between the Business School (HBS),Kennedy School of Government and the Faculty ofArts and Sciences; as well as inter-departmentalcentralizing efforts like the Barker Center forthe Humanities...
Still, such an inter-generational comparison is futile. Many of those who actively protested the Vietnam War had a great deal at stake--the danger facing them and their loved ones was real and immediate. Our generation, however, grew up during a relatively peaceful period, marked by the end of the Cold War. We are in the midst of an unprecedented economic boom dating back to 1983 (save the brief recession of 1991 which cost George Bush his job); the stock market is soaring; inflation and unemployment are low. And rapid technological advances have made daily life more efficient...