Word: utopianizing
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...While this tremendous victory marks the end of one phase of our campaign for a living wage, we do not expect the Corporation’s coercive power to disappear, and we do not expect this fight to end. We do not need to harbor a utopian fantasy in order to recognize that Harvard’s administrators can and must treat people better and pay them better. So today’s victory cannot be anything but partial...
Granted many of the SAT-optional schools sit on utopian campuses in liberal New England villages. But it's getting hard to find an admissions officer anywhere who says an SAT score alone tells you anything important. Deans at prestigious, traditional bastions such as Vanderbilt support the SAT, but some of the test's assumed proponents aren't guarding it against the barbarians. Even conservatives at the Weekly Standard have written about how the SAT has "shaped--and misshaped--modern American life...
...Granted many of the SAT-optional schools sit on utopian campuses in liberal New England villages. But it's getting hard to find an admissions officer anywhere who says an SAT score alone tells you anything important. Deans at prestigious, traditional bastions such as Vanderbilt support the SAT, but some of the test's assumed proponents aren't guarding it against the barbarians. Even conservatives at the Weekly Standard have written about how the SAT has "shaped - and misshaped - modern American life...
...antidote to the blind application of genetic engineering is to start talking about what should and should not be allowed, who will pay and what standards ought to apply to those who want to promote and sell services that promise to make utopian children. The proper response to ANDi is not legislation to stop the mad scientists but a public debate that will teach us how best to control ourselves...
While the Zapatista rebels have utopian economic goals, they have always maintained that they are seeking a stable democratic political system. The rise of Fox and his National Action Party signals the transition to democracy for which they have been waiting. Fox has taken the first steps towards repairing the breach that has rent the country. If both sides can negotiate on reasonable terms, there is a strong possibility that their differences can be resolved, resulting in tranquility and prosperity for Chiapas...