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...sticks to specific issues and when he offers actual critiques and solutions. Especially clear is Barish's discussion of the contradictions of Reagan conservatism, which touted "old-time values" while supporting selfish individualism. He also effectively critiques the inability of current liberals to produce an outstanding leader and the meek unwillingness of existing leaders to proclaim support for liberal policies...
Once the audience overcomes its confusion, however, the play becomes enjoyable. Marcus is charismatic and insane--he teases May about her date and jokes "I'm gonna turn him into a fig," laughing hysterically. Marcus mesmerizingly taunts Ben Davis, who steals the show as Martin, May's meek date...
...That was not the Anita Hill I knew and worked with at EEOC. On Friday, she played the role of a meek, innocent, shy Baptist girl from the South who was a victim of this big bad man. I don't know who she was trying to kid, because the Anita Hill that I knew and worked with was nothing like that. She was arrogant. She was a relentless debater. And she was the kind of woman who always made you feel like she was not going to be messed with, like she was not going to take anything from...
Despite his physical frailty and growing philosophical isolation from his fellow Justices, Marshall's was no meek or defeated departure. His last words from the bench were a stinging rebuke to the court's conservative majority. In a 6-to-3 decision, the Justices ruled that prosecutors in death-penalty cases could introduce evidence about the character of the victim and the suffering caused by the crime -- thereby reversing a precedent that was only four years old. In his majority decision, Chief Justice William Rehnquist argued that while adhering to precedent "is usually the wise policy...
...Minter has confronted plenty of criticism for trying to promote a program that looks for a middle ground somewhere between meek acceptance of the status quo's evolution and more confrontational social activism. Specifically, AWARE has earned more than a few barbs from critics who claim it is "preaching to the converted." That is, many critics say Harvard students are sufficiently open-minded that racial sensitivity efforts would be better directed elsewhere...