Word: mentions
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Ramsdale also said Sedgwick took many of her comments "out of context" and made her sound as if she was "just complaining about what guys called me. He didn't mention anything I said about feminism, the context in which I made those remarks...
...discrimination in the U.S. Army, Black soldiers performed heroically when faced with the more challenging task of fighting the Germans. The 761st has an outstanding battle record--particularly during the Battle of the Bulge--for which it received a Presidential Unit Citation. The citation, by the way, did not mention any role played in liberating Dachau or Buchenwald...
This fall, at a Leverett House junior dinner, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles went on and on about "a certain local publication. "While he was clearly criticizing The Crimson, Knowles was careful to mention by name and single out for praise the beat reporters who cover...
...ethnic groups, but they do not draw large numbers in absolute terms Under out old system, that meant the groups could go uncovered, remaining largely invisible to the greater part of the campus. This fall, we adopted a new standard of judging whether public events are worthy of mention in our paper. If an event attracts a high percentage of a minority group. we now consider it newsworthy...
This is the nub of it. Just as Norway has its politically potent fishermen, the U.S. has politically potent loggers, not to mention developers, ranchers, auto manufacturers and an endless assortment of highly focused interests that can make life uncomfortable for environmentally minded politicians, even when they have broad support in the community. This leads to what might be called the first law of environmental decline: the long-term health of an ecosystem recedes in importance when people are fighting over access to specific resources for their short-term economic interests. This is hardly surprising in a country that cannot...