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...applied science and the production of engineers, technologists, etc., from the universities--which may seem innovative. But in other demands for "commoncore" curricula in both secondary and higher education--minimum standards of literacy and numeracy as opposed to flexible choice--the English tendency to conservatism in education is manifest. Many academics still complain that too few students are brought up on the classics of the English literary heritage, and there are constant letters to the London Times on the harmful influences of T.V. on children--especially the dreadful impact of detective shows from our linguistically degenerate cousins across the Atlantic...
...puffed upon his underslung pipe. "When I see a man shuffling a tarot deck, certain conclusions become manifest - the first of which is that you are wasting your time with occult twaddle...
...second sort of obstacle the disabled experience here is the unfortunate attitude about us that is manifest in the frequent condescending treatment we receive from many, though certainly not all, able-bodied people. The latter are usually well-meaning and good hearted, but are all too often unwittingly insulting. People invade our privacy, address us with patronizingly false cheer and blithely disregard our expressed wishes. This behavior seems to be derived from the assumption that we are not fully functioning adults and therefore must be treated like patients or children, doing what others think best...
...Harvard Corporation's recent policy statement on its South Africa-related investments fails to address the central ethical issues raised by the role of U.S. corporations and banks in that country. In refusing to call for the total, immediate withdrawal of U.S. firms from South Africa, Harvard ignores the manifest wishes of the South African people, Rather, it attempts to develop a case-by-case analysis, employing vague mechanisms and criteria. The Corporation argues that companies which operate in South Africa "should follow...practices that will ameliorate the effects of apartheid." [emphasis added] Obviously, President Bok, Hugh A. Calkins...
...this absolute field of pure consciousness that is discussed by Maharishi as not only the source of thought, but the source of the entire relative (that is, manifest) world. I suspect it is more than coincidence that this understanding gained from subjective experience bears such a great resemblance to the understanding of a very basic aspect of nature gained through the methods of physical science...