Word: less
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This argument fails to consider that intelligence, the primary characteristic by which Harvard judges its applicants, is probably more arbitrary, more innate and less under our control than personality traits. Yet the staff does not call for the dissolution of selective educational institutions in favor of an egalitarian public system. Morever, most Americans don't find the existence of such elitist associations as country clubs especially objectionable...
Secondly, the staff examines the issue of gender discrimination in a vacuum, instead of in its proper context. Our society resolutely affirms equality between the sexes and races in terms of basic political rights. But it is far less clear whether it means to maintain such unqualified equality in all aspects of life. Special provisions for women in terms of military service, athletics and personal privacy lead one to the notion that the sexes cannot be amalgamated in the same way as can the races...
...desireablity of removing all separations between the sexes is far less clear than the staff maintains. Paternalistically seeking to restrict the choice of men and women to associate with whom they please adds nothing constructive to the debate...
After a breakaway downfield from Joslin, Landau managed to drill a shot by Elias with less than 30 seconds remaining in the first half...
Today, the AMA is more subtle in its methods, but no less ruthless in its intent. Its recent actions on the issues of Medicare reform and abortion reveal the organization's continued emphasis on the bottom line...