Word: reflecter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that in long standing athletic traditions like basketball, originally open only to men, women have proven themselves quite capable once given the opportunity to play. Almost all sports that were once the domains of men alone now have female parallels. Universities around the country offer athletic opportunities that reflect this fact. But this is not the case in sports like football and wrestling. For whatever reason, there is little demand from women to establish college-level programs. A similar thing could be said of men's gymnastics, as a declining level of interest among college-aged males has led some...
...system, first-years applied to their favorite house and were accepted by the master. However, in the late '50s and early '60s, Harvard's nature changed rather dramatically--from a school for the well-heeled and well-connected to a more diverse and meritocratic place. Housing policies evolved to reflect this change...
Such sentiments reflect the frustration parents feel at being caught between the competing demands that they participate in their kids' schools-but not too much. "We need a policy that does not penalize parents for getting involved," says Professor Richard Elmore of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Or, for that matter, reduce education financing to the level of auctions and bake sales...
...sour clownishness. He makes art so dumb that you can't guess whether its dumbness is genuine or feigned. When you see his spiral neon piece The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths, you assume it's irony, the cadaver of "inspirational" American romanticism-until you reflect that maybe that's what Nauman really thought, or what the vestigial romantic in him would have liked to think, but in no case can the mere neon sign deliver on its promise, and this frustration (one assumes) is part of the piece...
Correcting such inequities is difficult because it requires the read-justment of the recruiting procedures that athletic departments like Harvard's have used for decades. In essence, schools need to recruit more female athletes and increase University funding to reflect this change...