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Where once the ghetto provided a mix of black social classes, now residents are bound together under the yoke of poverty and impoverished aspirations. In a forthcoming book, The Truly Disadvantaged, Wilson argues that those who have been left behind in the ghetto have inherited not "a culture of poverty but social isolation." Inner-city residents can go weeks without encountering anyone, black or white, who is a middle-class achiever...
...experience and remained the way they were before. They hadn't given in or given up, and that gave me hope." He adds: "I also gained strength from the pages of our Jewish history." Shcharansky cites Judah Maccabee, leader of an Israelite band that revolted and threw off the yoke of Syrian oppressors in the 2nd century B.C. Says he: "The fact that there is a history of resistance always helps...
...apparently once Cambridge, Mass. She notes the costume she must wear, a Handmaid's uniform, when she is allowed to go out shopping: "Everything except the wings around my face is red: the color of blood, which defines us. The skirt is ankle-length, full, gathered to a flat yoke that extends over the breasts, the sleeves are full." The image of a scarlet nun seems appropriate to her role in this strange new society. Once a month, during the Ceremony, Offred has sex with her Commander. She lies between the legs of the Commander's wife, "my head...
Only a few break free from the binding yoke of political pollstering. Dana Gallup of Cambridge, who has lived just a few blocks from Harvard for the past 50 years, said, "Of course I knew The Game was this week...
...more comprehensive account of an appropriate, positive response by this University to the vexing problems of South Africa. The paragraphs that follow set forth actions that Harvard can carry out, as well as steps that individuals can take, to oppose apartheid and assist those who suffer under its yoke...