Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent declaration by Reverend Jesse Jackson that Americans of African ancestry should henceforth be known as African-Americans adds a popular voice to a concept put forth by Black intellectuals for many years. This is a very serious matter because it involves the labeling of some 30 million North Americans (and millions in the Caribbean and Latin America) who can trace part of their ancestry back to Africa. In our search for a positive identity of our own choosing, we have gone from African, to Colored, to Negro, to Black (a protest term which demonstrated that we preferred to identify...
...says she's been "mulling it over for about a year" but now that she's graduating, she plans to launch a full-fledged campaign and to do "some serious fundraising." Her family and coaches are enthusiastic about this ambition, Cesare saying that "her willingness to work at and develop skills will really work for her. It did this fall...
...Senate. The whole pay package -- including a 51% raise, to an annual $135,000, for members of Congress -- will cost $300 million in its first year. Even as the Bush Administration begins its uphill struggle to slash the deficit, the new pay raises will go into effect without serious congressional scrutiny or a meaningful vote...
...when Al Vellucci's speeches no longer echo in Sullivan Chamber, the city will still reflect the mayor's more serious achievements: Harvard's voluntary payments to compensate the city for its tax-exempt property; city government attention to the hazardous side of Cambridge's many chemical and biotechnology companies; and above all, Vellucci's contributions to the rent control ordinance and his steadfast support for that...
Besides, granting a college scholarship to an athlete who is incapable of college work does him no favor. He is herded through college, sheltered from serious work that might threaten his GPA and athletic eligibility and exploited for his ability to shoot free-throw or catch touchdown passes...