Word: neutral
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...African Americans make up 12 percent of the United States population but 40 percent of those on death row," said Zirin. "The death penalty can never be neutral in this sense...
...Dutch should know by now that we cannot pull our finger out of the fragile dike holding back the floods of fascism. They were neutral toward Hitler in the 1930s and said World War II wasn't their war either. That is, until they were overrun by the blitzkrieg and had to be saved by American and British forces. We must never forget...
...also challenge The Crimson's assumption that true academic arguments are politics-neutral. The Crimson staff finds "something inherently political" in our demand for Ethnic Studies, and we agree. By its very nature, the study of race and ethnicity is political because it challenges the dominant. European body of knowledge that has historically posed as race-neutral and universal. Having acknowledged the inherently political nature of the call for Ethnic Studies, we are quite puzzled by The Crimson's apparent attempt to delegitimize our demands by noting that movements for Ethnic Studies have employed tactics--specifically, hunger strikes...
...June, the NHL crowned its champion of the strike-shortened season--the neutral-zone trapping New Jersey Devils, who even in the midst of celebrating their victory were plotting a move to Tennessee. Thankfully, the fair state of New Jersey prevailed on hockey's champions to remain in the Garden State--at least...
Given the passionate arguments that are raging over the state of moral instruction in this country, it is no wonder Goleman chose to focus more on neutral emotional skills than on the values that should govern their use. That's another book--and another debate...