Word: upon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...receiving almost equal billing with liberal writers who have for so long dominated the editorial pages of our country's newspapers." He even had a kind word for certain liberals. "I have a strong feeling that a new liberal philosophy will grow in this country based more upon the thinking of men like Daniel Moynihan and Max Lerner...
...argues that the matter is far from merely academic. If man is not basically different from the animals, that would undermine "those who now oppose injurious discrimination on the moral ground that all human beings, being equal in their humanity, should be treated equally." Inferior types might be looked upon as man now looks on inferior animals. A large measure of truth could be read into one of Hitler's Nürnberg decrees that held "there is a greater difference between the lowest forms still called human and our superior races than between the lowest man and monkeys...
...motion backed by the Ivies called for the elimination of the 1.6 ruling. The regulation requires a student to predict a 1.6 grade point average or better (on a 4.0 scale) upon entering college and maintain it in order to participate in NCAA-sanctioned sports events or hold a scholarship...
...exercise that freedom. Students are expected to make value judgments about the outside community and to affect it through responsible action. It is incongruous that they should not make a similar critical analysis of their educational environment. The concern with student power, therefore, represents the concentration of critical faculties upon the students' closest and most relevant environment...
...make a meaningful contribution to an educational community only if he is in a position to analyze intelligently and act responsibly on any given issue. At present, students are discouraged from contributing since it is impossible to do either without access to all crucial facts, including the reasoning upon which the final decision is based. Harvard's paternalism deprives students of the learning experience inherent in helping decide, reinforces immaturity because students are not fully responsible for their decisions and are not encouraged to analyze and reform the environment around them, and separates the students and the institution...