Word: objectional
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...vaunted vanity of academia, these lessons are recast in subtler terms. Sharing becomes “social justice.” Cooperation becomes “discourse.” Not hurting other people’s feelings becomes “tolerance.” Who could possibly object to such lovely, “nuanced” values...
...Under a variety of legal doctrines, if what people in the Law School really want to object to is the government’s policy, it will be hard for them to win a lawsuit in which they’re suing Harvard rather than suing the government,” said Professor of Law Richard Fallon...
...Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73 have stated that these changes are being implemented to create greater accountability among guides, to diversify the tour staff and to provide more jobs for students. We agree with these ideas. What we object to is the process by which the admissions office came to this decision: a process that examined neither our membership nor our selection procedure. It was a process void of student input and involved so little investigation that the admissions office failed to discover that we already address their concerns...
...Commonwealth does object in this case and the defendants’ lawyers argued that Tim T. should not apply...
...opposed to Clark’s action but I object to the Crimson’s characterization of it. Harvard’s mission has been degraded by his decision and I resent The Crimson’s attempts to justify it through a superficial cost-benefit analysis. I think that were we discussing a racist, sexist or religiously bigoted employer being allowed on campus, The Crimson would calculate differently...