Word: refering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recent article ("Two Women Liberate Church Course," Nov, II) mentions a proposal by some members of our community calling for a ban on the use of man, men, and masculine pronouns "to refer to all people." This proposal to recast part of the grammar of the English language reflects a concern which we as linguists would like to try to alleviate...
...second proposal, an effort to "integrate theory and action" called for "concerted efforts in the lectures and discussions of this course no longer to use sexist language." The proposal specifically called for a ban on the use of "Man," "Men" and masculine pronouns "to refer to all people...
...Viet Nam, what American can afford to condemn Japanese conduct during World War II? After Dutch treatment of Indonesians, what Dutchman can afford to throw a thermos bottle at Emperor Hirohito [Oct. 18]? The mentality behind such acts is the same as the arrogance that leads certain people to refer to policemen as "pigs." "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone" (John...
...past, the UHS has referred many students needing psychiatric help, particularly those needing long-term therapy, to other psychiatrists and clinics in the Boston area. Munter said yesterday that ideally, he does not want to refer students elsewhere and aims to keep "all treatment for undergraduates within the Health Services," resources permitting...
...Soledad Brother, Jackson does not often refer to his Harrisburg experiences or his childhood relationship with his grandfather, summoning them as one does things very fragile and rare only at times of greatest stress. They seem to have constituted the last line of his defense of his own humanity during his ten year struggle to escape death on the installment plan in the penitentaries of California...