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Finally, Marable challenged the black studies community to create professional structures that facilitate better scholarship and respond to outside attempts to redefine its academic scope. This is key to the survival of black studies as an important and legitimate discipline. Over fifty years ago, Gunnar Myrdal scolded Americans for demanding objectivity in “legitimate” scholarship. Scholarship is legitimized when it identifies a problem or question and seeks to solve it. Black studies—an attempt to solve the problem of racism and racial inequality worldwide—has in many ways been moved away from...
It’s with a certain humility that both Phoenix and Travolta talk of the large scope of the movie and its potential impact...
...passion for Kerry begins with America’s challenges at home: Kerry’s domestic policies—both in scope and viability—are tremendously more convincing solutions to our domestic woes than Bush’s façade of empty promises. Kerry’s economic plan emphasizes middle class tax cuts, deficit reduction, and a focus on those who most need our attention. His healthcare and jobs plans both emphasize personal choice, but also a dedication to aiding those who have been forgotten over the last four years—the unemployed...
...enjoyable the series grew into a beloved, multiple-award winning favorite of kids and adults. Earlier this year, after 55 issues, Smith concluded the epic story. Newly collected into one volume, "Bone" is now a mammoth 1300-page, economically priced ($40; Cartoon Books) graphic novel combining the mythical scope of the "Lord of the Rings" cycle with the visual delights of the early Disney movies...
...advance of December’s trial on the issue of Shleifer’s employment status and next year’s three-week trial on the extent of the defendants’ “conspiracy,” Woodlock said he wanted to limit the scope of the witness list “so that people aren’t off subpoenaing the last eight secretaries of state...