Word: tokenism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jendi B. Reiter '93, an editor of The Crimson, is not our sole, token conservative. We promise...
...administration's tacit acceptance of Aristide's ouster conveys a discouraging message to those who hope to reinstate the fledgling democracy of Haiti. The plan agreed to in Washington last week is only a token gesture which will have no effect in restoring political and personal liberty to Haiti as long as the country's military establishment opposes Aristide's return...
...token Jew (coweringly played by Josh Lieb) among the characters is no more than a bundle of anti-semitic stereotypes. He dresses in European orthodox Jewish dress (no such Jew existed in Algeria at that time), and is the keeper of the money bags...
...same token, great changes have taken place in the versions of American history taught to schoolchildren. The past 10 years have brought enormous and hard-won gains in accuracy, proportion and sensitivity in the textbook treatment of American minorities, whether Asian, Native, black or ^ Hispanic. But this is not enough for some extremists, who take the view that only blacks can write the history of slavery, only Indians that of pre- European America, and so forth...
...self- managing teams that design and build entire products. "The typical company has put its foot in the water," says Edward Lawler, a management professor at the University of Southern California business school, who estimates that more than 80% of FORTUNE's top 1,000 firms have at least token employee participation. He adds, however, that few firms have installed such programs on a systematic, company-wide basis...