Word: tokenisms
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President Clinton, who faced token opposition from convicted felon Lyndon R. LaRouche, received 2,710 votes to LaRouche...
Even in the era when Harvard would only admit a few token black students, the University nurtured some of the greatest African-American scholars, such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Charles Hamilton Houston. However, Harvard has certainly come a long way from the day when Du Bois (the first black student to earn a Harvard Ph.D.) was forced to live off campus. Today, black academics not only study at Harvard--they also hold tenure. Harvard's Du Bois Institute is the nation's premier institution for research in Afro-American studies...
...antinarcotics efforts, and Zedillo has been accused by Mexican and U.S. critics of conveniently offering up Garcia Abrego to ensure that Mexico is treated to a favorable review. Since Garcia Abrego has been losing ground for a couple of years, the theory goes, his arrest is really only a token, while more powerful drug barons are allowed to operate. Yet Zedillo does seem to be more sincere about curbing corruption and the drug trade than some of his predecessors. The very reason Garcia Abrego's power has waned is that he has been under intensified pressure from the Mexican government...
...troubled youths, documentaries on babies having babies, and talk shows presenting children out of control all reflect the growing opinion that young people today have a lot more to worry about than losing their lucky baseball caps or breaking lamps while playing ball in the house. By the same token, parents are seen as having to deal with much more than the usual adolescent defiance or mischief-making one might find in the Cleaver residence. Out of this perception comes the disturbing rise of support for corporal punishment in the home and, for that matter, in schools as well. Recent...
...course, the token techno-name gone out of control: the unfortunately dubbed "FAR T-33" aeroplane...