Word: vital
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...both current and former tutors of color we believe the solution, and its assumptions, to be shortsighted. One of the reasons students chose their upperclass house with such care was the desire to find a supportive and nurturing community. These networks are vital, especially in an atmosphere that is competitive, stressful, and at times alienating. We sincerely believe that the process of selecting a "home" was an empowering activity, and for students of color, it was often a necessary activity...
...Boulder take place within the context of a biased American society. This means that marathons is not just about commending the best runners. Marathons are, more importantly, about encouraging community physical fitness, stimulating civic pride and enhancing the self-esteem of all contestants. These more important goals make it vital that all groups in society believe the race is conducted with great attention to fairness and equity...
...These [support] networks are vital, especially in an atmosphere that is competitive, stressful, and at times alienating," the letter reads. "We sincerely believe that the process of selecting a 'home' was an empowering activity, and for students of color, it was often a necessary activity...
...finger or breath of air. Most of them were portraits--some of fellow artists (Miro, the composer Edgard Varese), others of show-biz celebrities like Josephine Baker or the great honky-tonk comedian Jimmy Durante, whose famed nose, translated into wire profile, becomes a fearsome proboscis. They were witty, vital (the faint quivering of the wire from room vibration gave them an odd subliminal life) and completely without pretension. They were also, clearly, sculpture and not toys. Yet they would hardly be more than footnotes in the modernist story but for what happened later...
...promoted--including the possible creation of a multicultural student center and the implementation of an ethnic studies concentration. Yet such discussion, and the political or activist measures that might be needed to convey the depth of student concern, should be viewed as building on, not replacing, the Foundation's vital role in bringing student groups together. Active participation in cultural and educational activities must accompany political activism if we are to attain a rich, introspective and engaging dialogue on race...