Word: seenes
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Though today's protesters may not be carrying Dean Archie C. Epps III out of University Hall, much of the new activism can and has effected real change, provided that it incorporates mass participation. This should be the lesson of 1969, as seen from a 1989 perspective...
...Minh had no way of being seen as who he was, a communist and a nationalist," Sheehan said...
Much of the intensity of the '69 conflict came from the perception that Harvard acted not as an independent academic institution but as a hand-maiden of government policy and corporate interests. In recent years we have seen a spectacle of sycophancy at the Kennedy School of Government. Most egregious was the Kennedy School's award to former Attorney General Ed Meese. But the pattern hgas been borne out by many other events, such as allowing Assistant Secretary of State Elliot Abrams to dictate the conditions of his appearance at the K-School, "disinviting" former ambassador Robert White, an administration...
...women athletes, the problem takes the flip side. Their athleticism, physical strength and often size are used to reinforce perceptions of female athletes--already seen as competing in a predominately male arena--as unfeminine, "butch" and even lesbian...
Still, glasnost, seen from the queues instead of from the theater seats, must appear as little more than a pretty plaything for the rich. Up to 30% of Moscow's 9 million citizens live in communal flats. If there is any choice at all in the stores, crowded with shoppers whom shortages have made ruble-rich, it is between the shoddy output of state enterprises and the higher quality -- and prices -- offered by co-ops. "There is more freedom now, but life is harder," a Russian friend said. Reality is a daily grind: commuting from cramped flats to unsatisfying work...