Word: terme
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...term "women's studies" encompasses a wide range of specific disciplines in a variety of fields. What they have in common is that they focus on women, introducing facts or methods of analysis which have not previously been taken into account. Many advocates of a women's studies program claim that most of what is taught at Harvard today is "men's studies," and this is true to the extent that facts about women and the different types of influence they exert have been left out of most traditional scholarship, which uses the male as a standard model for evaluation...
They have a term project to develop and deploy a cruise missile in the bell tower, and then use it to blow up the Lampoon sometime during reading period. It's 50 percent of their grade, and they were afraid they'd have to cancel the project if Adams House inspired a similar anti-nuke movement in Lowell. They're already past the date when they can drop the course without penalty...
Involving oneself with non-Black America does not necessarily lead to a loss of "Blackness." Our "cultural memories" are not as evanescent as Mr. Farley believes them to be. Secondly, the author needs to define the term "Blackness." As stated earlier, Black Americans are not a monolithic group; we have different geographical origins and cultural heritages. We should of course never--indeed, how could we ever--forget that we are Black but it is simplistic to define our racial identity in terms of "traditional customs," or as the antithesis of being "educated," "influential" or "financially secure...
...elected, Romero, who is currently serving her first term on the Boston School Committee, would seek a moratorium on any development by the Boston Redevelopment Authority--including the Dudley Square and other, smaller projects--which would displace residents, said Larry Howard, Romero's press secretary...
...WHITE HOUSE is rapidly exhausting its options on the spending front. In his first term, Reagan declared war on programs for the poor. Now he has turned his ax on middle class programs like student loans and Medicare. Even if the domestic hacking Reagan wants is actually done, though, huge deficits will still remain well into the next decade. And if this week is any indication, Senators will fight to protect the programs favored by the middle class voters they need in order to return to office. If it's spending the President wants to cut, it will have...