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However it seems that Cachan is not willing to grant the same courtesy he demands for Latino students to their white peers, Several times, he uses the term "Anglo" to refer to all white Americans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Just Don't Call Me 'Anglo': A White Person's View | 4/6/1994 | See Source »

...single, essential difference separates human beings from other animals," then go on to refer to man's capacity to use fire, laugh (you might have also mentioned cry) and reason as "any one of a dozen other appealing oversimplifications." You call these oversimplifications? Good Lord! These entirely human capacities not only constitute essential differences between us and the animals but are crucial to understanding the uniquely human predicament. We are, as Shakespeare said, the "paragon of animals" precisely because we possess the capability of using language, creating mathematical concepts, writing music and, above all, perceiving our own immortality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rewriting The Book on Human Evolution | 4/4/1994 | See Source »

...term bill imbroglio points to a fundamental failure of representation on the Undergraduate Council. In regard to both the term bill increase and calendar reform, former council Chair Michael P. Beys has observed that the council is a representative body and hence has no need to refer anything to student referendum...

Author: By David V. Bonfili, | Title: Is the U.C. Fee Hike Worth the Price? A Perspective From the Inside | 3/25/1994 | See Source »

...also fails to realize that, like a tap on a telephone line, there are legal limits on how much access the government can have to electronic communications. I refer Mr. Liu to the Fourth Amendment, along with the past quarter century of Supreme Court decisions on search and seizure procedures. In short, in order for the FBI, for instance, to use any information they might acquire, they would have to supply probable cause, go to a judge, and get a warrant--all in advance of using the Clipper chip. Though I would admit that there are exceptions to this procedure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clipper Will Help Fight Crime | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

...When he was speaking he wasn't just speakingin a completely academic tone," says Afro-AmericanStudies concentrator Ann L. Chang '96, who hasheard West speak. "He would refer to black cultureand he was able to incorporate so many things intowhat he was saying that he was able to get manymore people interested in [his message...

Author: By Emilie L. Kao, | Title: Afro-Am Scholar Brings New View | 3/22/1994 | See Source »

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