Word: legacyism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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The Democrats' heir to Robert Kennedy's legacy is Hillary Clinton, not Barack Obama, contrary to what William Kristol argued [April 9]. Both candidates have idealism and charisma, but only Clinton has Kennedy's toughness and commitment to economic and social justice as well as political savvy and leadership skills...
You may have heard it through the grapevine: the heiress to the Motown legacy has done it again. With her latest album, 19-year-old Brit Joss Stone reminds us just why we liked the ’70s so much. Don’t let the album�...
At Harvard, SAT scores for Harvard legacy students are “virtually identical” to those of the rest of the student body, Harvard College Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said. He said that the admissions committee looks beyond SAT results in deciding...
According to Fitzsimmons, having a parent who graduated from Harvard or Radcliffe will tip the scale slightly in the admissions process. He added that legacy status is not the only factor explaining their higher success rate in admissions. Children of alumni often recognize the difficulty of gaining admission because of...
Avner May ’09, whose parents did not attend Harvard, said in a phone interview that he is not bothered by legacy admissions in most cases. However, he said that if two students had similarly low test scores, he would prefer to see a minority student gain admission...