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...outlined a four-pronged plan for reform ofthe higher education system--ending allconferences, actively resisting "opportunism" atall levels of academia, exposing the limits ofknowledge of professors already tenured andconvincing American youth to question and todisobey their teachers, to "be rude in theclassroom" if necessary...
...marital faithlessness and questions about the way he handled his draft status in 1969, but also with an impression of being a bit too facile -- "Slick Willie," as some call him in Arkansas. The attention to his personal life and the forbearance with which he bore the rude, intrusive process diminished the Slick Willie problem. Clinton, calling himself "the Comeback Kid," got a handsome 25% of the vote for second place...
...most of us far less ideological folks, mention of class seems, well, borderline rude. We may not be class-conscious, but we're plenty status- conscious and capable of deconstructing the subtle difference between, say, Bud Light and Chardonnay or polyester and natural fiber. But where a European might see actual social classes, we tend to see only winners and losers, which is why any serious talk of class always has the sting of that ancient zinger: If you're so smart, why ain't you rich...
...Miss Manners." "Ask Beth." "Ask the Countess." These columns claim they confront the major and minor issues that plague the reading public. Advice has become a staple of the modern newspaper; the Boston Herald, after all, fills a whole tabloid page each day with lurid tales of cheating spouses, rude dinner guests and meddling mothers...
According to Jeanette Collier, there are waysof discouraging low-income parents from choosingcertain schools. "I know of instances where parentliaisons would be outright rude to mothers ofchildren who lived in low-income areas," she says...