Word: legacyism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Though Chen trails in the race, she is in many ways the more charismatic candidate. A founding member of the DPP, she spent six years in prison for her participation in a pivotal 1979 pro-democracy protest against the then-ruling Kuomintang, which came to be known as the Kaohsiung...
Gilbert and Sullivan operettas exist within a world of their own. To begin with, the comedic works are distinctly British and distinctly Victorian. But even beyond their spatial and temporal remoteness, the pieces tend to play themselves out in a bizarre alternate world, where identities are often mistaken and endings...
I know enough of American history to be skeptical of the establishment and its willingness to open itself up to competition—hello there, legacy admissions!—and I’m thus wary of those who argue that our society is already a meritocratic paradise. I?...
Arguably, there are benefits that come with preferring legacies and athletes, but these come at the cost of not only rejecting well qualified Asian applicants but also admitting a more diverse candidate pool. Karabel reports in “The Chosen” that 40 percent of legacies were admitted...
And doctors are hoping it stays that way. But ARVs are powerful drugs, and scientists are still learning what taking them for decades does to developing minds and bodies. Dr. Rohan Hazra at the National Institutes of Health has been following patients like Daniels since their birth. He is on...