Word: term
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Undergraduate Council is becoming more and more like real government everyday. The council's latest move resembles a tax increase. The student government voted to raise undergraduates' term bill fees by 100 percent, from $10 to $20 a year, making the council's annual budget...
...Crow laws. In lecture, Thernstrom stated that Jim Crow laws were partially established for the protection of Blacks born after 1890 who had not been socialized by subordination, broken into the system, and were therefore more inclined to be uppity and lynched. Subordination is a subjective term. It could be argued that Blacks are still socialized by subordination, meaning that many do not have a positive opinion of themselves as Blacks and still seek to define themselves in white terms. This careless wording and often over-simplistic analysis omits much vital information...
...prize, conceived of by Department Chairman Robert D. Putnam, will recognize long term acheivement by one to four teaching fellows each year, said Alexei J. Cowett '89, a member of the committee that will award the prizes. The winners will receive approximately $500 apiece from an anonymous gift...
...Thomas is black. But she seems to regard her race as the merest coincidence. When she hears the term role model, she cringes. "I never felt I had to have a role model," she says. "It was like, 'O.K., I want to be a doctor, and I want to be a skater, and I'm going to.' I didn't think I had to see a black woman do this to believe it's possible." Her burgeoning mail tells her that in spite of herself, she has been an inspiration to young black women and is about to become...
...deal with such qualms, Israel has in recent weeks sent teams of psychologists into the occupied territories to counsel the troops. In a confidential report being prepared by the army, the psychologists warned of grave long-term trouble for the defense forces if the situation goes on. Says one psychologist: "I predict and I assume that if the phenomenon of soldiers using violence in the territories will go on for a long time, it will cause serious problems...