Word: tokening
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...With all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt," says Leviticus 2:13. Because of its use as a preservative, salt became a token of permanence to the Jews of the Old Testament. Its use in Hebrew sacrifices as a meat purifier came to signify the eternal covenant between God and Israel. In one biblical case, salt symbolized a lack of fidelity. In Genesis 19:1-29, two angels of the Lord command Lot, his wife and two daughters to flee the sinful city of Sodom without ever looking back. When Lot's wife cast a fleeting glance backward...
Left with a choice of ineffective and token addressing of the problem, or no addressing at all, the convention chose the latter, eliminating any reference to minority representation, but with an important addition. If, as is likely, the Council will fail to represent portions of the student population, those individuals should not be forced to pay for a government which will act, at worst, against their interests, and at best, indifferently to their interests. Therefore, the convention unanimously voted to drop all reference to minority representation and allow any student who feels unrepresented by the Council to receive a full...
...proponents of racial balancing continue to run the Review Under its new pro-affirmative action leadership, the Review could use the broadly stated policy to swell its staff with large numbers of minority students, whatever their qualifications. On the other hand, the Review could effectively have only the most token of affirmative action policies under the new arrangements. It all depends on how the leadership chooses to define "adequate" and "close...
...impact on Poland. Certainly, it would not have prompted the Russians to pressure Jaruzelski to lift martial law. By doing "business as usual" with the U.S.S.R, the French communicate to the Poles--at least to those who heard of the deal--that they can expect little but token gestures from the West and will have to fend for themselves. The lesson is a cruel but necessary one; only the Poles themselves, through whatever means of resistance they choose, can rid their country of an unwanted dictator...
...subsidies. But considering Harvard's clout with the state housing agency--a member of the Corporation served as chairman during the Dukakis administration and an attorney for Harvard's Craigie Arms veloper served as general counsel to the board for several years--this concession is little more than a token gesture. And if one wishes to compare the deal offered to tenants with the mortgage arrangement offered to Faculty members--who can receive funding for Cambridge housing at an incredible 6 percent interest rate--Harvard's position seems almost an insult to any tenants with self-respect...