Word: machiavollian
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...AVOIDANCE OF conflict and the minimization of risk make for Machiavollian morals--the celebration of the prudent and the pragmatic. Caught between students who desire a larger commitment to their particular needs--increased minority admissions, more minority faculty, a Third World center--and a disdainful though reticent group of Harvard citizens who shy away from specters of separatism--this group tends to uphold the idea of meritocracy--Bok must steer a hazardous middle course...
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