Word: originalism
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...evolutionary terms, these isolated pieces of habitat are true islandspatches of more northern microclimate surrounded by southern desert," writes Gould. "Consider the role that islands (like the Galapagos) have played both in developing the concepts of evolutionary theory and in acting as cradles of origin...
...sure, Saddam's methods are far more ruthless than Sharon's, but Israel's human and political dilemma is more acute than Iraq's. Because Israel is, in origin and essence, a Jewish state, most Arab residents are never going to feel that it is truly their country. That problem is vexing enough within Israel's pre-1967 borders, where the population is 82% Jewish. But on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 1.7 million Palestinians constitute an overwhelming majority that will feel forever oppressed, forever cheated, never reconciled, never redeemed...
...response to allegations that three schools--Harvard, the University of California at Berkeley and UCLA--were discriminating against Asian-Americans. The Department was investigating whether the schools had violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin in institutions that receive federal funds...
...yesterday, the Department's Office of Civil Rights announced that Harvard College was in full compliance with Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin in institutions which receive federal funds, according to a letter of finding delivered to President Derek...
...American melting pot, gangsters were the indigestible pieces of ethnic gristle; country of origin was as crucial as turf. So we need some Irish gangsters. In Phil Joanou's State of Grace, they are based on the Westies gang, who ran the rackets in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen. Other Irishmen run a big-city crime factory, about 1929, in Joel and Ethan Coen's Miller's Crossing, where, in the grand tradition, they fight the Italians and the Jews...