Word: means
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...example, Huntington suggested that the government of South Africa would find it easier to grant political representation to "Coloreds" and "Asians" if it continued to restrict Black political rights to the bantustans, to reassure conservatives who would otherwise fear that expanding political participation to some people of colour might mean ultimately giving "Africans" the vote...
...attack at Currier House reminds us that racist terror in America is not confined to the mean streets of Howard Beach and Forsyth County. There has been a dramatic increase of racist violence on college campuses, including elite colleges like the University of Chicago, Columbia, Tufts and Harvard. Taking a cue from the Klan-endorsed president in the White House and the Dixiecrats in Congress, racist punks have taken aim at minority and gay students. As Ms. Armstrong and Ms. Braxton wrote, "For many Black students at Harvard, every day involves a test of one's tolerance of racial harassment...
Even though the Quakers will assume the unfamiliar role of spoilers for the next three weeks, that doesn't mean Harvard will be facing a pushover Penn squad at the Stadium in two weeks. The Quakers have always played the Crimson tough...
Hopefully, you no longer object to sentences that begin with the modifier hopefully. If you do, forget it; the battle is lost. On the other hand, if you still insist that infer and imply mean two different things, hang tough, despite accusations of being a word prig; this is one the word prigs could win. As for the plural-singular identity crises suffered by words like data and media, stand by; they could go either...
...Aquino's mean-momma posture is unlikely to produce results unless she gets some help. Unfortunately, she must still rely on a corrupt, underpaid and dispirited bureaucracy to carry out her plans and a bankrupt treasury to finance them. She has to go to a bickering Congress for approval of major initiatives. But Aquino now realizes she will have to work hard to keep the popularity that has buoyed her through the travails of the past 19 months. Said the President bitterly last week: "The honeymoon is over, isn't it? But I am not sorry. The sooner...