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...major response to the indignities of the prison was a creative denial of victimhood, expressed most remarkably by a system of self-education, which earned the prison the appellation of "Island University." As the prisoners left their cells in the morning to toil in the extremes of summer and winter, buffeted by the merciless southeaster or broiled by the African sun (whose glare in the limestone quarry permanently impaired Mandela's vision), each team was assigned an instructor--in history, economics, politics, philosophy, whatever. Previously barren recreation hours were filled with cultural activities, and Mandela recalls with pride his acting...
...publicized gains, it just wasn't our century. American women only got the vote in 1920 (and a rest room near the Senate chambers only in 1992). For most of the past 98 years, much of the world's female population has been voteless, voiceless, illiterate, ground down by toil and sexist restrictions. When I griped to my daughter about the shortage of our kind among the top 20 leaders, she sighed at my paleofeminist pique: "But, Mom, it's just the 20th century. You know, the bad old days...
When it comes down to it, the Dean's statement to the student body about this bill suggests that he is simply not willing to properly recognize the successful completion of four years of academic toil by 48 percent of the student body whose interests and needs he is supposed to represent. We wish to call him publicly accountable for his indefensible behavior and decision not to endorse equal Harvard College recognition for female undergraduate diplomas...
This scene occurs after only one year of training--one year filled with numerous hours of sweat and toil in the mezzanine of the Malkin Athletic Center, where her boxing career began...
They come clad in shorts and "removable" shirts, ready to be rubbed and kneaded. Whether stressed, strained, or simply just curious, these students find that the massage class offered at Leverett House each year provides a welcome break from daily toil...