Word: specialize
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...doubles draw, Harvard's team of Blake and co-captain Kunj Majmudar has been more of an upset special- ist. In a draw in which no seeded team reachedthe semifinals, Harvard upset Duke's Doug Root andJordan Wile, the second-seeded team...
According to some classes I have taken, we have a rich historical tradition of creating special categories for people who are different from the majority of other people and subjecting them to different standards of justice, including the protection (or non-recognition) of their civil rights. But because their numbers are small enough to ignore within a popular democracy, their voices, struggles and needs are sometimes overlooked...
Fortunately, many wise and courageous people have forced the popularly elected government to enact and enforce special laws to protect these people from the aggression and hatred of other people. Even though they were small in number, I do not think those who forced the passage of Civil Rights legislation in the 1960s could possibly be considered "elitist." Finally, sometimes local juries do not enforce the same standards of justice for all people equally (I have heard of this happening before as well), so sometimes the federal government needs to get involved. MICHAEL V. WILCOX Oct. 14, 1998 The writer...
There has been much talk recently about "hate crimes" legislation in light of recent activities nationwide. Such legislation may or may not be necessary. Every citizen of the United States should be guaranteed equal protection and due process under the laws, but no one group should be given special privileges...
While not as informative as a National Geographic special on a mediocre day, and not quite as entertaining as a decent feature film (which has a comparable admission price), Amazon still offers a fun alternative to staying home. It is worth both the time and temporary discomfort to the neck, even if only because it is an IMAX show. It might not be educational in the strictest sense, but that is not the point. Like most, if not all IMAX pictures, Amazon is all about being swallowed up by a world of vivid color and humbled...