Word: selecter
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...battles of combating racism will not be waged in the cornfields where the Klan rallies of my Ohio upbringing took place—the views of that select and diminishing segment will never again be accepted in mainstream society—but rather we must be vigilant about the proxies through which their biases still find an outlet. The current fight is against the subtle, yet painfully consistent, message of bigotry that language and demeanor can convey. Even more insidious can be the manifestation of racism when these attitudes are recognized and tacitly accepted by those in position to prevent...
...creed has been to select a team of strong individuals, not to be afraid one would be a competitor,” he added...
...been already in Moscow, working on the theater attack. Some of his comrades almost certainly were. The 50-odd people with him--who dubbed themselves the 29th Suicide Division to give their group gravitas--were, according to knowledgeable Chechens, a composite team drawn from Movsar's own fighters and select members of other Chechen units. The women made up a third of the group and were probably intended to make the squad particularly potent, says a Chechen who is well versed in guerrilla tactics. It was no coincidence, he says, that the women were wearing explosive belts. Because they...
It’s been a busy fall. The dean of the Faculty has announced that the entire undergraduate curriculum—Core, concentrations, the whole shebang—will be reviewed. A system is being developed for course preregistration, breaking an old Harvard tradition in the way students select courses but promising better advising and better-trained teaching fellows. Advocates of Israel and the Palestinians have thrown some blistering words at each other at Harvard events, and the president of Harvard has set off a debate on an important question of intents and actions. The President...
...find one (artist) who can really compose and play," says Conrad Wong, an award-winning music producer who worked on five of Chen's songs. "They're usually made up. Talent scouts just pick kids up from modeling agencies or have talent searches at local karaoke bars, then companies select what they want, male or female." So it is with Chen. Even as she struggles to learn how to sing, dance, act and sell hair conditioner, her handlers are pounding her image into a shape matching the smooth, round hole of commerce. "I look at the market," Chen says...