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Reflecting on this marginal middle class from the perspective of the 1950s, Negro Sociologist E. Franklin Frazier wrote a scathing critique of what he called the black bourgeoisie. He derided its typical member as "half a man in a white man's country." The bourgeoisie, he concluded, "suffers from...
The committee, equally composed of students and faculty, conferred for nearly 30 hours before delivering what most claimed was the inevitable compromise. Instead of an excellent-pass-marginal-fail system, pre-clinical students would now be graded on an excellent-pass-fail plan. The marginal mark was changed to a...
He accepted Harvard's offer of a visiting professorship, and, with a handful of others, has been trying since 1971 to elevate preventive medicine from its marginal importance at the Medical School. But his success has been limited. After a steady diet of Dr. Kildaire and Marcus Welby, Americans are...
The lines on the Malthusian chart are ominous: if the present birthrate continues, someday-perhaps as early as 2025-there will be more people than the earth can feed, given its present technology. Photos by earth satellites reveal that the world's most productive land is already cultivated, convenient...
The group reaches all its decisions by consensus. The smallness of the group permits "marginal differences of opinion to remain marginal," according to Blum.