Word: real
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unrealistic to expect that Harvard alone can solve completely the nation's or even its own shortage of minority and women academics. Larger institutional changes--such as tax incentives and loan exemption for those embarking on academic careers--will be integral to real progress...
...this is a minor complaint. Take two hours with the Fabulous Baker Boys and a big box of popcorn, and forget about real life for a while...
...however, "It's no longer a vote cast in a vacuum. It's a vote with real consequences," he said...
...just kicked it, and it went in," she explains, as if the ball did the real work. Like rolling, maybe...
...mostcases in colonial America, the accused witches didnot have excessive personal or social power.However, their victims, as well as the hystericalcommunity, perceived them as having some level ofcontrol that both the victims and the communitylacked. The late 17th century witch-hunt at Salem,Massachusetts, provides an example of thishalf-real, half-illusary struggle for controlbetween the "witches" and the community. The verybelief in witchcraft itself became a tool withwhich the victims attempted to gain personalcontrol and the society attempted to maintainsocial order and control of its environment...