Word: urbane
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Goldin published Urban Slavery in the American South...
...that I think contempt for rural residents is exclusive to Harvard or to liberals. After all, the similarity of the word "urbane" (meaning "well-bred and courteous") to "urban" is no etymological accident. I'm not even convinced that elitist Harvardians--both liberal and conservative--disdain "rednecks" any more than they disdain the working class in general...
Officials said they hope the school's two newest chairs--particularly the professorship in real estate development--will meet students' growing demand for courses in urban design...
...year course of study leading to a doctoral degree will include a one-year internship in an urban school...
...program was initiated to alleviate a shortage of administrators in urban school districts, Ed School officials said. More than 50 percent of such superintendents now in office will retire within eight years, school officials said...