Word: subjects
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THAT'S right. I'm going to talk about hair loss, a subject that strikes fear into the hearts of Harvard men of all academic concentrations. Hair loss is a warning sign of our own mortality, and perhaps more importantly, of the passing of our social prime. One day, we too many become overweight and middle-aged men who have a bizarre affinity for barbecues...
...professor is no naif on the subject of civil rights and racial inequity in the U.S. Author of a 1975 work, Affirmative Discrimination: Ethnic Inequality and Public Policy, Glazer long has held that quotas are too blunt an instrument to apply to discrimination...
...more remarkable then that the director-writer team of Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale has created, in the space of just four years, two terrific movies on this subject. Like its predecessor, Back to the Future, Part II does not merely warp time; it twists it, shakes it and stands it on its ear. But as before, the film's technical brilliance is the least of its appeals. Satirically acute, intricately structured and deftly paced, it is at heart stout, good and untainted by easy sentiment...
...right, the income tax, was left untouched. Instead, Administration and congressional budgeteers hiked levies on oil and chemicals, advanced the collection dates for various taxes, and increased fees on such items as tickets for international air travel and cruises. Except for a leap in the amount of personal income subject to Social Security taxes from $48,000 to $51,300 next Jan. 1, the tax boosts do not directly affect large numbers of people -- that is, voters...
...despite Arab protests. I wish Larew were correct in asserting that Israel's primary card in the U.S. will soon become political democracy because then we "Zealots" could be assured of continued U.S. support for Israel. Unfortunately, Israel's primary card will continue to be it strategic position, constantly subject to change, and "Israel's status as a democracy is an ancillary benefit" not only for us "Zealots," but also for the U.S. Department of State. Glen I.A. Schwaber...