Word: rigidities
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While he does not defend rigid quotas for minority applicants, Rudenstine strongly supports Harvard College's current policy of considering race or ethnicity as a "plus factor" in college admissions...
...observed the battle as a Crimson journalist--journalism provided a safe haven for some of us unwilling to choose among the rigid ideologies of Harvard's myriad anti-war factions...
Nathan M. Pusey '28, the Harvard president who called in the cops, was caught by surprise by the breadth and intensity of the ensuing revolt. He did not calculate that the war, not to mention the drug culture it exacerbated, had shattered much of the rigid social segmentation of Harvard tradition...
...never develops into intimacy since each quickly encounters a quality of deep reserve in the other. In due course, Pauline unbends slightly, but is confounded by Angelo's total impenetrability. For though he obviously cares for her and never leaves her side, he consistently refuses to step outside the rigid code of his impersonal chivalry--until the final moment of crisis, which becomes a crucial test of his love and devotion...
...takes the easy way out. However, it culminates in a weirdly erotic scene fusing death and sensuality with a frankness which may jar those who were expecting a different kind of erotic climax. Admittedly, it effectively forces Angelo to finally shake off the constraints of his pride--and the rigid code he has used as a shield against his own feelings. But the remainder of the movie seems to run out on itself, and the ending, though possibly meant to be subtly moving, is only disappointing. "Horseman on the Roof" simply fails to catch fire, though it succeeds partially...