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Political correctness
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. Originally used by old-guard communists to mean toeing the party line, the term "politically correct" was resurrected in the 1970s and early 1980s by rightist writers and activists, who used it in an ironic sense to mock the Left's tendency toward... Read more |
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Charles Bernard Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel , 1930-, U.S. congressman, b. New York City. Receiving his law degree from St. John's Univ. in 1960, Rangel served in the New York state assembly (1966-70) before defeating (1970) fellow Democrat Adam Clayton Powell , Jr. to win his first term as U.S. representative for New... Read more |
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Hindu
Hindu ETHNONYMS: Hindoo, Gentoo (eighteenth-nineteenth centuries) While Hinduism is undoubtedly one of the world's major religions, whether gauged in terms of its ethical and metaphysical complexities or simply in terms of the numbers of adherents (estimated at 760 million in 1991), it defies... Read more |
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Contradiction
CONTRADICTION In its primary meaning, contradiction is the act of contradicting, of opposing oneself to someone by saying the opposite of whatever he or she says. The term is used in mathematics and philosophy. In mathematical logic, a contradiction is a statement whose truth function has only one... Read more |
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Intake
INTAKE INTAKE. Intake is an umbrella term that refers to the act of taking something in. The term "intake" is often used in relation to food and drink, to describe how and how much is ingested. It also relates to behavior, since mental processing is involved in the action of eating and drinking.... Read more |
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book
book 1. The totality of the purchases and sales that make up the position of a trader on financial markets. The terms long book, short book, and open book are used synonymously with long position, short position, and open position. 2. To record an item in the accounts, usually a sale. 3. Short for... Read more |
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Presidential inaugurations
INAUGURATION, PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION, PRESIDENTIAL. The presidential inauguration is the term used to designate the ceremony in which the duly elected president of the United States assumes the power and prerogatives of that office. According to the Constitution of the United States, only one... Read more |
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Maurice Blondel
Maurice Blondel 1861-1949, French Catholic philosopher, b. Dijon. He was a professor at the universities of Montauban, Lille, and Aix-Marseille during his influential career. Like his contemporary Henri Bergson he was antirationalist and scorned science. In his first work, L'Action (1893, rev.... Read more |
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Metro Broadcasting v. Federal Communications Commission
...Rehnquist in dissent. In affirming the power of Congress...upheld two federal affirmative action programs intended to increase...issues relating to affirmative action arise. The...upholding the two affirmative ... |
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Affirming Affirmative Action
...The 03-31-1995 Affirming Affirmative Action.President Clinton...He was referring to affirmative action. He was referring...state affirmative action policies, blacks...Caucus.Critics of ... |
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AFFIRMING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.(EDITORIAL)
...S. Supreme Court decision affirming affirmative action. If one conservative justice...somehow feel victimized by an affirmative action program at the University...majority didn't just uphold affirmative ... |
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To Be Equal: Affirming Affirmative Action
...Oakland Post 06-28-1995 To Be Equal: Affirming Affirmative Action.America must affirm affirmative action.Think back to what the nation...Street Journal observed in an editorial:"Affirmative Action began as a ... |
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An American Tragedy...And Affirming Affirmative Action
...American Tragedy...And Affirming Affirmative Action.The decision of Lane Kirkland...recently to rein in the use of affirmative action, one in the majority...restrain the use of such "affirmative action" came ... |
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Affirming affirmative action
Editorial The whole idea of affirmative action is to take an affirmative step toward evening the playing field. You don...positive to correct the negative. You have to take an affirmative action. Some pundits are arguing that by taking... |
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EDITORIAL: Affirming affirmative action
...other individuals in defense of affirmative action. The rally coincided with the...court would be wrong to eliminate affirmative action policies which have...and just ruling. Critics of affirmative action say that the ... |
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Affirming support for affirmative action
...ofthe times, many fear that affirmative action in higher education, as weknow...statistical evidenceshowing that affirmative action programs do not significantly...not putall its eggs into one affirmative action basket. If ... |
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Affirming a commitment to affirmative action: Columbia U.
...are on the move in behalf of affirmative action in education, and they are propelled...nation's foremost advocate of affirmative action in college admissions...reputation as a leader who fought the affirmative action battle ... |
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Affirming a commitment to affirmative action
...are on the move on behalf of affirmative action in education, and they are propelled...nation's foremost advocate of affirmative action in college admissions...reputation as a leader who fought the affirmative action battle ... |
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AFFIRMING THE MIDDLE GROUND DIRECTING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS TO THOSE...
Although the debate over affirmative action is just beginning and will...acknowledged: In spite of vigorous affirmative action, the percentage of blacks...clearly become critical of affirmative action as we know it today. A ... |
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