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...There] is one big difference [Rudenstine] does not mention: the stubborn and unwelcome fact that blacks do not perform as well as other groups on standardized tests," Mansfield wrote. "It is certainly unwelcome, and all the more because the difference is not small...
...then announced he was resuming his duties, but he has never really done so. He remains bed-ridden and in excruciating pain from back problems and arthritic knees. More alarming, his mind is failing, and his doctors do not believe he will ever recover. "His behavior has been stubborn, bizarre and unpredictable," says a diplomat. "There has been a decline to the point where essentially most of the time he is in a state of dementia." Often, the King does not even know where he is. "Basically, he has no short-term memory," says this source. "There are stories...
...polite, his yes sirs and no sirs bespeaking good breeding, a breeding that might be called hard fought. Franklin's father, always off on a crusade, was a distant if benevolent presence. The boy's rearing was left largely to his spirited mother Ruth. "Stubborn but never villainous" is her description of the result. Franklin began smoking as a child by picking up discarded butts, and it became a potent symbol of rebellion. Ruth at one point attempted aversion therapy by making him smoke a whole pack, but she hadn't reckoned on his strength of will: "By the time...
...April 8, 1996, Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 published an article in The Crimson ("A Poor Defense of Diversity") which argued that Harvard is suffering from a lack of morale because of the stubborn intellectual inferiority blacks exhibit. While not openly stating that black inferiority was inherent, he insinuated that unchangeable biological reasons were behind what he saw as the less-than-stellar achievements among Harvard's African-American students. Sadly, Mansfield's article is in line with today's racist tactics. Posing as learned men, many of today's leading academics preach the inferiority...
...like the one in the 1950's, indeed possible? At least on the surface, it seems very much like so. The communist leaders in North Korea, as is normally and rationally expected, are pretty stubborn and constantly keep themselves in a die-hard revolutionary mood. Being one of the most isolated countries on earth, North Korea probably still has not gotten used to the new world order as well as the modern ideas of science and democracy. With the ultra-enthusiasm and nationalism, first developed in fighting the Americans forty-five years ago, still lingering vividly in people's psychological...