Word: peculiarities
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...begin with, the argument goes, the academic's unique contribution to reform lies in his knowledge--accumulated through research. As Sizer puts it, "There has got to be recognition of the peculiar contribution a university can make in a time of social relocation. And one of our peculiar purposes is research." The Ed School has no service responsibility, and correspondingly, concrete activity in the ghetto or elsewhere is only a means to the end of securing generalized knowledge...
...book from cleverness-this, and a warm acceptance of life. As one of its hard-pressed women observes when an inventory of all her troubles paradoxically gives her hope: "All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad, or peculiar...
...situation at Cambridge Welfare, particularly A.D.C., is a tragedy. The mute director of A.D.C. labored under the misconception that without official directive, and not being a physician, she could not discuss birth control. The welfare department has its own peculiar interpretation of the law which reads that the spirit of the law, though not the letter of the law, prohibits discussion of family planning. It was always legal and still is legal to discuss birth control and information verbally under the protection of free speech. The change of law in 1966 meant to the welfare department that medical bills from...
...details of last week's shooting are admittedly peculiar. The use of the pistol was clearly legal, since the thief threatened the officer's life by driving the stolen bike at him. But the policeman apparently fired the shot only after the bike had passed, hitting the bike's driver in the back--which could raise some question about the officer's judgment in resorting to his pistol...
Others, notably Oscar Handlin, Charles Warren Professor of American History, have more serious quarrels with the Report. Handlin feels that the report over-emphasizes the peculiar historical position of the Negro and is too pessimistic about the Negro's potential ability to improve his own lot. Such a distorted perspective, he feels, is in effect racist and can have a debilitating effect on Negroes...