Word: obvious
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Then, there are the members of Pi Eta, who have shown their obvious befuddlement at the attention that the leaked newsletter has attracted. Beneath the forced apologies, and statements that "no, sexism does not exist at the Pi," is the clear message that these men regret not the offensive nature of their newsletter, but the fact that it became public. If they had the chance to do it over again, the only difference would be that a certain Kirkland House woman would not receive the newsletter in her mailbox...
Central to understanding the intricacy and power of sexist attitudes is the relation of public words and images to concrete actions harming women. Students have shown correlation between pornography and rape, and it seems obvious that the constant emphasis placed on an objectified vision of women's sexuality and on women's supposed passivity and masochism, in the media and elsewhere, do much to shape prevailing attitudes wherein sex is expressed as violence and women are seen as the willing victims. To say, then, that the statements in the Pi Eta newsletter are merely, in the words of a Crimson...
...formally censure and, in an extreme way, close down the Pi Eta Club is, at best, idealistic, in that it is based on the assumption that to eliminate the Pi means to eliminate the sexism from our community. What such actions will do is only eliminate the more obvious manifestations of sexism from our consciousness. In other words, curing the symptom will not cure the disease...
...processors. AT&T is expected to unveil a personal computer later this year and to expand gradually into large mainframe machines. Says James Anderson, vice president for research of Advest, Inc., a Connecticut-based securities firm: "AT&T is too big to be a niche player. It's obvious that they are after the whole market...
...already heard that Sharon had visited Israel's Phalangist allies in Beirut. War seemed very near. Our duty to attempt to prevent it was obvious; our ability to do so, questionable. After informing the President of this latest development, I sent our Ambassador to Israel, Samuel Lewis, to Begin with instructions to tell him that an Israeli operation along the lines described to us would have far-reaching consequences for our relationship. The Israelis should not misjudge American public opinion; it would not tolerate such an operation in current circumstances. Begin interrupted. "Don't use those words...