Word: riches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Mind you, I do not criticize, I merely observe. I observe that Harvard athletics, like Harvard itself, is a world of insiders. It is a rich, white landscape with speckles of brown and yellow, a conservative fantasy that I managed to slip into four years...
...injuries, offensive ineffectiveness and the struggle to replace the defensive line that had led the Crimson to the Ivy championship resulted in a disappointing 4-6 season. Furthermore, midway through the season, competition between juniors Rich Linden and Brad Wilford planted the seeds of a quarterback controversy...
Professor David Stoll tracked down her history and found that parts of her book were simply made up. She was not uneducated. She was sent to boarding school. Her father was indeed engaged in a long struggle to keep from being dispossessed of his land--not by rich ladinos (Guatemalans of European descent), as she claims, but by his in-laws. Nor was her brother Petrocinio burned to death by the government death squads...
...Unlike Backlash, which felt at times like a compendium of statistics and a sweeping survey of popular culture, here Faludi's reportorial and literary skills unfold with a breathtaking confidence and beauty. These men talk to her as they have probably never talked in their lives before, and the rich and intricate tapestry she weaves from their stories is enough to make one rethink our entire Western value system. When she describes the family spirit and pride in their work of the men at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, shut down by the government, or the still reverberating agony...
...improve education at every level," says Varian, "including elementary, high school, college and, most important, continuing and on-the-job education." Otherwise, a worsening skills shortage could dim the promise that the Internet will help narrow the gap between rich and poor. The gap could get even wider...