Word: provenances
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Second, it is a great way to measure the historical gay and lesbian population. This technique brings to light important figures in history, but is somewhat problematic. Though some of the figures he mentions have not been proven to be gay or lesbian, Miller claims them anyway. He knows that he will get flack for his discussions onfEleanor Roosevelt and Langston Hughes, so he props up his rhetoric. The fact that their sexuality (and that of others') is ambigous or incomplete, he says, "elucidate[s] the lack of sexual clarity of the times in which they lived." Still, there...
...advocacy of two very able legal specialists, and in the support of Cambridge Public School officials and her teachers and peers at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and an apparently substantial number of students at Harvard--that many individuals will stand with her because of who she has proven herself...
...fact, randomization already exists at Harvard but has proven ineffective in ensuring diversity in students' social relations. Harvard first-years have no choice in the assignment of their dorms and of their roommates, but that does not stop many minority students from seeking to live in the Quad in their sophomore year--nor does it halt the less noticeable ties that lead many other students to seek out those with whom they share a common background...
...from his mother, that doesn't mean he was infected. Immunologists know that living cells from mothers often get passed along to newborns, where the cells generally die within a few months. And, says Dr. Max Essex, chairman of the Harvard AIDS Institute, "it hasn't been rigorously proven that the infection was in the infant's own cells...
Multiple choice tests (such as the SAT and IQ) have been proven to give accurate measurements of aptitude and ability (which of course are partially based on genetics and race). This has led conservatives to create tests to measure political intelligence. This simple quiz will test your knowledge of affirmative action...