Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Minority students speak of less obvious racial incidents. Some say they frequently experience racial slurs or jokes, and others say police ask for their ID cards more often than they ask white students. Others complain of "subtle racism," such as a white student's questioning a minority student's qualifications to be at the University...
Secondly, though many stress the superiority of Harvard to the world "out there," it's worse in one very obvious sense. In the capitalist jungle, all personal differences tend to be overridden by the market; if you can make a boodle, the world will huddle at your feet...
...alteration she described concerned a 1985 memo from North that referred to the possible sinking or seizure of a ship carrying weapons to Nicaragua. The alteration was made obvious, she acknowledged, because the NSC letterhead paper used for the altered version was new and did not exist when the original was written...
...kibbutz. When asked how they would feel if, as part of a peace agreement with Jordan, they were forced to leave the place, the couple look bewildered and act as if they would prefer not to answer. "We're building this place with our own hands," says Chantal in obvious discomfort. "It would be a shame to leave...
...Koop, the President expressed bewilderment about objections to testing. "Why should we handle this any - differently than we handled any other epidemic?" he asked. "We have an obligation to protect innocent people." The President's remarks, said one participant, "were in the form of an inquiry, but it was obvious he was making a statement...