Word: worthlessness
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Advocates of the withdrawal of U.S. corporations from South Africa and the divestiture of Harvard's investments in those corporations believe Sullivan's principles are worthless, a cosmetic alteration of apartheid's horrors that corporations uphold only to legitimize their business in South Africa. They believe, furthermore, that Sullivan's faith in the willingness and ability of corporations to bring about progressive change and social justice is unfounded. Noting that U.S. corporations employ less than one-tenth of 1 per cent of the black population in South Africa, Mary Nolan, associate professor of History, says the principles are a "face...
...will be destroyed before or after implantation. Objections have also been voiced in other quarters. Last week Harvard Biologist Ruth Hubbard, an outspoken feminist, charged that "the push toward this technology reinforces the all-too-prevalent view in our society that women's lives are unfulfilled or indeed worthless unless we bear children." Since so little is known about the consequences of such methods, she said, women and their test-tube babies will be the "guinea pigs of research...
...survey of nearly 10,000 albums now in print, either rock records or those that are in some way rock related. There are almost three dozen contributors, most of them card-carrying critics who pack strong opinions. The book is organized by artist. Styles are surveyed, ratings apportioned (from "Worthless" to "Indispensable"), careers evaluated and, in a some cases, trashed. There may not be a great many surprises here. The good guys (Springsteen, Dylan, the Who) win; the bad guys (from Black Sabbath and the Tubes to Mac Davis and Kenny Rogers) are pumped full of holes. The contributors...
...harsh punishment from his masters for raping his girlfriend/mare. Then commence several years of gentility and peace with Prince Serpuhosky and the glory of winning a fantastic race against a fierce opponent. But Strider's fortunes collapse again and he returns finally to his original owners who put the worthless decrepit horse to death...
...wanted to spend my four years at Harvard was to put people and relationships first, learning as much outside the classroom as in," Casto says. "If I made good grades and had a good time doing it, fine. Otherwise, no matter how good, the grades would be worthless...