Word: sumnerism
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...popular appeal of this reasoning, which the sociobiologists have nurtured, is that an explication of the biological determinants of human social behavior will guide us in molding society. Thus, arguing from this line of thinking, Wilson states that: "We already know...that the worlds of William Graham Sumner, the absolute social Darwinist, and Mikhail Bakumn, the anarchist, are biologically impossible." (On Human Nature) This is nothing more than scientific rubbish being used to justify and reinforce popular prejudice...
Tenants in University-owned apartments at 7 Sumner Rd. who charged in December that Harvard was illegally renovating the building last week withdrew those charges...
Tenants in a University-owned apartment building at 7 Sumner Rd. will file a complaint with the Cambridge Rent Board today charging Harvard with violating a city ordinance restricting renovation of rental property...
...city ordinance requiring permits for renovations may be slowing Harvard's conversion of a Sumner Road apartment building into office space...
...banking" purposes, in case Harvard needed an astro-zoology library some day. The city stepped in to do battle, especially once Harvard started evicting tenants from apartment buildings it had brought. And while Harvard usually won (the last tenants are getting ready to leave the most recent battleground, 7 Sumner Road), it was only at a price. In 1974, sick of the city's anger, the University agreed to a set of boundaries. Despite occasional violations, the "Red Line" has quieted some of the furor over actual University growth. But other developments, including Harvard's low mortgage rates for faculty...