Word: tokenisms
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About 250 graduating seniors received their token farewells from Presidents Bok and Horner yesterday at a secular Baccalaureate service held yesterday afternoon in Memorial Church...
...housing crisis at Harvard be solved by exactly the means that Dean Fox rejected. As alternatives, the task force favored four-year Houses (ideally), then mentioned that the 1-1-2 plan seemed interesting, and finally favored putting all freshmen at the Quad. The Fox plan received only token mention. The task force members also wanted a no-choice system of House selection and more aid to the arts. But no one from the task force did anything to see that these suggestions were even discussed, let alone mandated. The task force also recommended that Memorial Hall be turned into...
...moments on "Reach Up" and a couple of other songs, Festival is most assuredly a Carlos Santana record. Areas and congo drummer Raul Rekow supply some noteworthy percussion work on "Try a Little Harder," but otherwise maintain a very low profile. Bassist Pablo Tellez and drummer Gaylord Birch (the token non-Hispanic) fully realize their functions in the band to be confined to sustaining the basic rhythms of each song, and their self-effacing performances reflect that awareness...
...Duke of Milan is almost guaranteed to make a hit. Paris K.C. Barclay presides over "Bring All the Boys Back Home" in robust and jazzy style, accompanied by his spry side-kick, Thurio (Stephen Hayes), who has been poured into a snazzy green and orange jester's outfit with token military trimmings. The transformation of Shakespeare's Duke into a war-mongering politician hasn't dated since the demise of the Vietnam war. Eglamour's singing voice tends to coast out of key, and the Chinese dragon he musters to his aid is lovely but a bit perplexing, as John...
Three received prison sentences of three to four years; the other four received suspended sentences. In addition, the court awarded Claudia token damages of $3,300, pending a civil suit that will determine the final award. Before the defendants were ushered out of the courtroom, Judge Mario Lupi issued a final admonition: "To those of you who will now go free, I want to say this: remember that the feminine world, so proximately and dangerously attractive, is also the world of your mothers and sisters and must have all your respect. Therefore I never want to see you here again...