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Other players could be selected but may opt not to go in order to catch up on missed school work, Doyle added...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Men's and Women's Squash Win Again | 2/23/1993 | See Source »

Unlike the established literature on nationalism, Greenfeld's Nationalism does not opt for the short compact theses of scholars such as Benedict Anderson (Imagined Communities) and Ernest Gellner (Nations and Nationalism) but rather delves into the particulars of five nations in a search for the driving forces behind nationalism. Greenfeld devotes a chapter each to England, France, Russia, Germany and America, and concludes that there is no one nationalism, but that there are "nationalisms...

Author: By Adi Krause, | Title: The Ideology of Modernity | 2/11/1993 | See Source »

Most disappointing is the system's reliance upon the irrationality of would-be minority candidates like me. Most affirmative action programs work poorly as compensatory mechanisms unless those eligible minorities who have never suffered from discrimination opt...

Author: By Dante E. A. ramos, | Title: Confessions of an Affirmative Action Maybe | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

...expect undeserving minorities to opt out of a flawed process when they decrease their chances of surviving a competitive admissions process by doing so? One friend told me, "You should be glad that you can claim minority status...

Author: By Dante E. A. ramos, | Title: Confessions of an Affirmative Action Maybe | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

Very real indeed, but solvable still, the participants decided. Late Saturday, they cobbled together a deal allowing Denmark to opt out of major unified policies if it ratifies the treaty in a second vote. Negotiators also seemed headed toward a compromise on seven-year spending projections aimed at closing gaps in living standards among E.C. member countries. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl insisted that "the train to Europe will not be ( stopped." Perhaps not. But it is surely not running on time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Euro-Train Is Late | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

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