Word: moralizers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...feel that there is a major moral issue in providing alcohol to students who want to drink in moderation," said C. Thomas Brown...
...Black and White. "The blind assumption is that just breathing the air on an elite campus is remediation." But some diversity advocates are so frustrated that they are ready to give up on the whole idea of trying to select the best of the best. "It would be a moral mistake for Berkeley to continue to rely on the new system," says Ronald Takaki, a professor of ethnic studies at Berkeley. He has called for his school to admit its next class from a lottery among the top third of all applicants. With roughly the top one-third of applicants...
This is a national tragedy? On the contrary. This is showing respect for minority students, treating them as individuals, not statistics. This is caring about their future--academic success, graduation, career--not risking it by artificially assigning them to a school one notch too advanced just to satisfy the moral vanity of quota-driven bureaucrats and politicians...
...denial of the obvious? Are we not aware that America's own declining moral and ethical standards are reflected in the polls that sanction the alleged conduct of the President [NATION, March 30]? We individually need to become cognizant of our personal values in order to effect change. Americans should not accept less than the most noble of ideals in our leaders. VIVIAN WEEDE Oro Valley, Ariz...
...Show, you might want to get tested for the clap. She or he is going to confess to countless affairs with members of the opposite, same and ambiguous sex. While on the program, the fact that you've had a few dalliances with barnyard animals should not mitigate your moral indignation. You should express outrage at your betrayal, probably by throwing a chair. Oh, and by the way, if you're concealing your true gender, this would be a good time to reveal that...