Word: oxymoron
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Kemp, a fervent intellectual, has dubbed his ideology "progressive conservatism," Beware, this is no oxymoron. Kemp wants to tackle traditionally Democratic issues by applying free-market principles and the human spirit of enterprise...
...deeply disturbing that a report whichclaims to promote free speech would tolerate anysort of restriction on the media," said Colin F.Boyle '90, president of The Crimson. "How can youhave an 'open' meeting from which the press isexcluded? It's an oxymoron...
Harvard sexism? For those naive souls who still think this to be an oxymoron, last Friday night's 10 p.m. showing of Love Story demonstrated clearly just how pervasive gender insensitivity is in this community...
...pass when J. Danforth Quayle accused liberals of being anti-grandmother in the vice presidential debate. Quayle, after all, is not acclaimed for his intellectual prowess. But when a bona fide conservative intellectual (or is that an oxymoron?) accuses us of hating football, this enthusiastic gridiron fan takes offense...
...Sharfstein is concerned, and offended, by the increasing number of citizens who are stepping forward as advocates of the rights of all animals. To his mind, the term animal rights is an oxymoron, because animals "are not part of any group who can understand morality, can reason, can conceive of its own existence or can fully comprehend pain." Leaving aside the years of close observation of animals by wildlife researchers that have proved such statements untrue, there is a fundamental question Mr. Sharfstein, in his concern for mankind's comfort, is ignoring about our future: can the interests...