Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...biggest disappointments is that the men have seen the opportunities in women's athletics and gone ahead and gone after those jobs," Harvard senior swimmer Janice Sweetser says. "A lot of it is economics. In the 1970s, women's sports went to the varsity level and men saw the opportunities and had the coaching background. A whole new network opened up and they jumped...
...short, it was as if there was a large "No Vacancy" sign on our front door. There was a desire on both sides to overcome that perception, to convince incoming Black undergraduates that it is worth their while to comp for the paper. But the level of distrust, on both sides, was high. Too high...
...that is the case on campus generally. The complaints of insensitivity increase, but the level of dialogue does not. As concerns focus increasingly on language and attitudes towards race and gender, as opposed to discrimination, it seems that there is precious little in the way of talking or thought on the subject. We speak to ourselves...
...this respect, it seems that the level of distrust will not soon dissipate. For each victory is seen in terms of a power dynamic, not as part of a moral conversion. Thus each victory is hollow and only makes the desire for victory the next time greater. In each win, there seems only the confirmation of the worst fears of the accuser. The change is on the surface, but the real demand is for a change of heart...
Manna, who is a member of the four-member board, said that it was working out well. "We are doing our best to encourage people to resolve things on a local level," she said...