Word: reclaiming
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...another experiment in miserable failure. But the group of Orthodox monks that stumbled its way from Moscow to Cambridge recently didn’t seem to have any plans as logical as establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat up their embroidered sleeves—they were trying to reclaim the copper bells that a kindly Harvard alum saved from Stalin’s icy clutches seventy years ago before giving them a nice home on the Charles. Let’s review: if the bells weren’t annoying Harvard students every Sunday at one with their incessant ringing...
...clear that Democrats are beginning to catch on to their need for the kind of think-tank infrastructure of policy work that has given the Right a major advantage in recent years. Now, in addition to smart policy analysis, liberals need to get to work on reclaiming control of the political vocabulary. The left needs wordsmiths who can outstep the Republicans in naming policies, because “Corporate Accountability” and “Fiscal Responsibility” aren’t quite hacking it on the airwaves. I’m not saying they have to lower...
...primary objective, the Asian American movement seeks the institution of educational programs relevant to Asian American communities. Teaching the history of Asians in America from their own perspective allows Asian Americans to reclaim their agency as subjects, rather than as passive objects or as the “model minority” of American history. In the past, curriculums rarely addressed the experiences or issues of Asian Americans, such as the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Devoting only a few paragraphs to them at most, the glaring omission of Asian Americans discounted their historical and contemporary contributions...
Despite starting on their own nine-yard line with the wind in their faces, the Quakers marched 91 yards downfield in just 1:16 to reclaim a 22-point lead. Mitchell completed three-of-four passes for 70 yards on the drive before Mich Recchiuti completed the drive on a two-yard rush...
...Harvard-centric soap opera was once one of the most popular shows on Harvard-Radcliffe Television (HRTV) during the student channel’s glory days several years ago. Now Presser is on a mission to clean up this soap’s act and reclaim its spot as Harvard’s premiere student-run cable show...