Word: mannered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHEN I volunteered to work for the Keylatch Committee of Philips Brooks House, I thought I could make a difference in the lives of those who were less fortunate. In the patronizing manner of those who think they can achieve the impossible, I underestimated the problems of Villa Victoria, a housing development near the Back Bay area that is almost entirely Puerto Rican...
...travesty. Who is Master Pfister--or North House Master J. Woodland Hastings or any other Harvard official--to decide what is garbage and what is not? The simple truth of the matter is that members of the Harvard community are being denied the right to speak out in a manner which they find effective...
...victory were bolstered by the fact that he won almost a third of his party's white voters, the largest share of white support ever racked up by a nonincumbent black candidate in a mayoral primary in any major city. Dinkins' victory was widely credited to his quiet, conciliatory manner, which many voters hope can heal the racial tensions in a city shaken by several racial incidents, most recently the murder of a black teenager by a gang of Brooklyn whites. "You gave this city something special," Dinkins told his cheering supporters last week. "You voted your hopes...
...goal is that all South Africans, in a just and equitable manner, become part of the decision-making processes of South Africa," de Klerk said...
Another of Kovach's goals, he says, is to teach journalists how to use the variety of technological tools available to them in a responsible manner. When he first began working on newspapers, journalists wielded considerably less power--in part because of the inevitable delays in bringing news back to an audience...