Word: social
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This year's debate over whether the council should serve as social engineer has been tame compared to the bitter battle last year over whether the council should take political stances...
...chairman Offutt, the "apolitical" faction held that the council should avoid such debates and concern itself with issues that directly affect students, which they said did not include divestment. Judging by this year's concern with social events, observers say the "apolitical" faction won out and is likely to dominate the agenda of the council in the future...
...revolution in the congressional attitude toward science has inspired a turnaround in scientific research funding. In a time of fiscal austerity when Congress is cutting spending for many social and even some defense programs, programs benefitting higher education have received unprecedented increases on Capitol Hill...
...experience on that summer day 60 years ago laid the foundations for his political career, which has raised both him and his community to prominence. Most recently, the staunchly liberal Democrat has won praise and admiration for leading the opposition to the Reagan domestic policy revolution of tax and social program cuts...
Unfortunately, though, two often fluid laws of American social relations are axiomatic at Harvard College. First, it is impossible to feel good about being Black all or most of the time. Second, it is impossible to avoid thinking about being Black for more than two days at a time except sometimes during Reading Period. (Occasionally I hear from a Black student the following: "I don't think about being Black" or "Being Black is not an issue in my life." These statements, which immediately brand the speaker as either a liar or victim of autism, can be isolated...