Word: legacyism
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Most Americans know the three-term Senator for his zealous questioning of Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. It is a complicated political legacy. While conservatives applauded him, others were disturbed that his 1992 Senate opponent's most potent attack ads were of Specter at those hearings. Those...
But saving money and affiliating the Business School with the pontiff isn't all the dean has done. McArthur, arguably Harvard's most powerful figure, leaves behind him a legacy of accomplishments.
The last step is for liberals to own up to the shady political, social and psychological legacy of racial preferences. All this shadiness could have been avoided, had the policymakers been willing to address Black disadvantage more squarely in the '60s. Affirmative action has salved white liberal consciences long enough...
This evasion of serious thinking is by no means characteristic of all conservatives, either at Harvard or in the United States. Only this week Harvard's Center for Jewish Studies and Program on Constitutional Government sponsored a deeply thought provoking conference on the legacy--and future--of American neo-conservatism...
Finally there is the Gibson legacy. The N.A.A.C.P. has been rocked by a series of allegations by syndicated columnist Carl Rowan about the uncontrolled spending of organizational funds by Gibson and his cronies on the 64-member board of directors. According to several board members, the accounting firm of Coopers...