Word: proportionate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yet how could this still be true, 30 years after Baldwin's novel? If the intensity of ill feeling between blacks and whites is the same these days, the causes are new. Many white people look at progress made and think African Americans have little excuse for complaint or for...
Besides the women-men ratio, another significant feature of the Class of '99 is its high proportion of older candidates. This year there are 54 students over the age of 24, including a 45-year old high school science teacher.
"The racist issue was blown out of proportion so that you could no longer see the truth," said Kate A. Dun '99. "There's no way he's not guilty."
It remains unclear why Maceda's reports did not trigger such notification, though some employees suggest that, after the problems in 1992, further security breaches might have been considered too embarrassing for the library. Billington still says he is not convinced the damage is as extensive as some believe. Then...
Clinton's move cuts straight to the heart of the tobacco business. While the cigarette companies make some concessions to political pressure--last week, for instance, Philip Morris added the phrase UNDERAGE SALE PROHIBITED to its packages--the fact remains that they have a business motivation to replace the 2...