Word: maintainable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...difficult to maintain that kind of distance and independence from your own work, especially when it espouses the kind of socially unacceptable and questionable perspectives his does. White Boy shows a oversized white boy, who he compared to the excessively large pharaohs in Egyptian art. In his version of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, the hunchback is black and Colescott pointedly asked the audience, "What happens when you make a freak black? Does he become more of a freak?" These works would have been easier to appreciate had Colescott simply articulated the implied irony. But he did not. Instead...
Although this identity group formation isnatural and nurturing in the shortrun, Ruggierowarned that "in the long run, self-segregationwill help maintain stereotypes [about otherraces]...during and after college...
...dear Ad Board readers. I'm hip to Harvard's puritanical no-gambling policy and wouldn't presume to incriminate myself in print. I did not have financial relations with this pool. But let's just say I stand to win a cool 500 brownie points if I can maintain my position atop the standings for the rest of the season...
According to the Handbook, "The regulations for undergraduate organizations require that they maintain local autonomy. In the case of some fraternities and sororities, students run a substantial risk of excessive time commitments, and academic work has been known to suffer...they are not permitted to conduct any activity at Harvard even though their activities involve Harvard undergraduates...
...Market timing doesn't work. Selective plumping and pruning is one thing. I heartily advocate yearly or quarterly rebalancing of your portfolio: selling some of the asset class that has done best and buying more of the one that has lagged to maintain your desired mix of stocks, bonds and cash. I even endorse shifting among assets with part of your portfolio--no more than 20%--to try to take advantage of specific conditions every so often. Early this year I suggested tilting toward bonds because stocks were overvalued and lower interest rates seemed likely. Some wags would call that...