Word: regard
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...chair of the B.G.L.T.S.A, cultural presumption in the sphere of sexuality manifests its itself as "hetero-sexism," which is "the presumption that everyone is straight." Sofen notes, "This is not malignant per se, but it is harmful." In the feminist movement one finds this concern raised particularly with regard to language. The word "freshman" is not overtly offensive, but according to feminists it carries the presumption that everyone to whom it refers is male, no matter how vigorously one protests that it is being used in a gender-neutral sense. Therefore, campus feminists campaigned for, and the College adopted...
Just who does Barr regard as "real Americans"? Some clue can be discerned from his close association with a group called the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), to whose national board meeting and conference he gave the keynote address on June...
...Because of the lack of control, with regard to not being able to control, with regard to not being able to control what happens before the party,...we would definitely have to consider seriously the situation before deciding whether to host the event again," said David Martin, the Hyatt's general manager...
Walker moved her business to Indianapolis in 1910, created the Madam C.J. Walker Hair Culturists Union of America and tirelessly traveled the U.S. giving lectures and demonstrations. Walker attracted the notice of the race's elite, despite the dubious regard in which they held hairdressers. She disrupted Booker T. Washington's National Negro Business League Convention in 1912 by demanding to be heard. "Surely you are not going to shut the door in my face," Walker shouted to Washington, who had ignored her for three days. "I have been trying to tell you what I am doing...
...more rooms than inhabitants and gold-plated fixtures to boot. We all crave stately pleasure domes, such Xanadus as William Randolph Hearst's San Simeon and Bill Gates' new ode to monstrosity in Seattle. But only the occasional hyper-mogul ever attains one. These opulent shrines to capitalism we regard with a mixture of envy, awe and abhorrence: "Isn't that ridiculous--nobody needs a house that big." Or, "Just think how hard it would be to keep that thing clean." The fact that he or she has a Xanadu--and you don't--proves that the owner...