Word: isn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...female experiences are jarring. The frequent occurence of male-dominated discussion sections, with two female students in a classroom of a dozen men, hardly builds self-esteem. With women holding only 7 percent of the tenured faculty positions and only one-fourth of the junior slots, finding role models isn't easy...
...This isn't to deny Radcliffe's role in rallying the support of alumnae from yesteryear. But for female students since 1976, the existence of Radcliffe is more of a put-down than a rallying point. Let women be Harvard students, through and through, and let Harvard finally acknowledge women...
Williams, who admits he is "prejudiced against anything that isn't white," had claimed that he was acting on orders of the Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord, a white supremacist group that authorities broke up in 1985. Behind bars, Williams insisted that was loose talk, and the Secret Service was inclined to agree. Said Secret Service Spokesman Rich Adams: "There is no organized plot out there to assassinate Jesse Jackson...
Since entering politics, Helms has been dogged by allegations of racism. "This is going to be another race story, isn't it?" he asks, his face flushed. "If it is, don't ever come to this office again." He entreats interviewers to ask black Capitol Hill employees how he treats them and notes that a former press aide was black. But Helms has opposed civil rights legislation, busing, affirmative action, sanctions against South Africa and a federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King. He continues to insist that King associated with Communists and "was a man of tasteless immorality...
...Which isn't what I did. Instead I talked to a couple of players and walked back alone across the river and sat upstairs in The Crimson sanctum. My editor came up and asked what had happened and I told him: the team had lost again, and the coach was still upset by last week's article...