Word: priding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Reverend Jerry Falwell, has had enough. An article in the February edition of his publication, the National Liberty Journal declares war on Tinky Winky, objecting to the male character's red purse and arguing that his purple coloration and his triangle antenna are obvious symbols of the gay pride movement--symbols unfit for the eyes of any good, God-fearing child. Fal-Well fearfully imagines a future of "little boys running around with purses and acting effeminate...
Blake's singles win was important not just as a matter of personal pride but also for the Harvard squad, which came out of the opening doubles matches trailing Kentucky...
...particularly sensitive on the subject of hyperhygienic Americans, having sprung from folks who were no strangers to the disinfectant bottle. In my mother's later years, she took some pride in visiting distant lands, and she particularly liked Australia. I hadn't thought Australia would hold any charms for her, but then I figured out that she had found it to be the farthest-away clean country...
Nisha S. Agarwal '00 has proven that ethnic pride and a strong ethnic identity are effective catalysts for change. Agarwal, who is of Indian descent, says she has encountered few professors that look like her during her first two years at Harvard. She is interested in her ethnic heritage but has found few courses that explore South Asian culture, politics, history, literature and languages. Rather than settling for the Latin Middle Ages, Agarwal took action...
Both proposals are good ones, though it seems that it would not be asking too much to have the College impose more than just a "minimum standard" of advising across departments. Harvard takes pride in its decentralized system, and departments hold tight to their autonomy. But if there's one area which should be closely watched and standardized, it is advising. Without strong prompting from University Hall, some departments may never recognize that their undergraduates deserve careful attention. The Economics Department, for example, ranked 35th out of 38 concentrations on the 1998 senior survey. But Head Tutor and Associate Professor...