Word: seems
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...success of blacks today speaks to anything, it is to their own genius, strength and amazing grace, not to what Novak seem to believe was American generosity. And what of the not-so-successful blacks, those constituting the majority of the black population whose lives on the bottom rung of America's social and economic ladder are a testament to slavery's continuing legacy? Their predicament stands in answer to Buchanan's observations that because we as a nation today are different from antebellum America, this nation has nothing to repent. The point is that the consequences of slavery persist...
...sections which fail to capture our interest, we should do our to best to make these sections interesting. This is hard for one person to do on his own, but if everyone catches on to a current of interest in the room--in the same way that people seem to catch on to apathy--then a whole network of opportunities for communication opens up. That's the pleasure of being at Harvard: Everyone has something interesting to say, but only if we encourage each other to say whatever is on our minds...
After all, what is the first thing that happens when you ban a company producing sneakers for Nike in Thailand from hiring child workers? You put children out of jobs. And while in principle the idea of children working long hours under questionable conditions might seem unacceptable to Western sensibilities, the alternative of surviving without even an exploitative job for support is much worse. Most of these kids work because they have to, and will continue to do so whether Western firms hire them...
...older students, I am only now learning how it works. The argument has been made that large blocking groups have created cliquish tendencies within Houses. Indeed, it does seem that many students today have kept the same group of friends they made their first year without expanding very much--moreover, many of these friends are roommates, hallmates or teammates from the first year...
...troubling finding of your poll is that most Americans seem to be indifferent to the charges that face President Clinton. Am I really to believe that groping women at will and committing perjury (if those charges prove to be true) are acceptable behavior for anyone? Shame on us, the American people, for not demanding more from the highest office of the country. Shame on feminists for offering little or no support for these women. History will remember us as fools and cowards. NEIL D. SALISBURY Dallas...