Word: acquaintance
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...culturalism in our society betrays the fact that you have never been around these persons. Anyone involved in community service will tell you that arguments about political correctness and multi-culturalism rarely trickle down to persons concerned with feeding their children, health care, and housing issues. Perhaps you should acquaint your self with the volumes of literature on "at-risk" communities housed in Harvard's Gutman library. Furthermore, how can you argue that African-Americans suffer from self-deprecation in one paragraph and political correctness in another...
...broad liberal arts education while adhering to the very focused concentration requirements. Rather than emphasizing subject matter, the Core aspires to introduce students to schools of thought and, as the Introduction to the Core Curriculum for Freshmen states, "major approaches to knowledge." In theory, therefore, the Core strives to acquaint students with different philosophies rather than forcing students to amass large amounts of material...
...discrepancy in prescribing practices may arise because "cardiologists spend 100 percent of their time looking at hearts," while general practitioners must acquaint themselves with a wide variety of medical concerns, said Chris L. Pashos, project director of the Patient Outcome Research Team which conducted the study...
Incredible as it may seem, these fallacies are being included in public school multicultural courses in a growing number of U.S. cities and espoused in black-studies departments on some college campuses. The ideas represent the views of extremists within the Afrocentric movement, which is intended to acquaint U.S. blacks with their long-ignored African heritage and raise their pride and self-esteem. While approving of the legitimate aims of Afrocentrism, many educators, both black and white, are concerned that its excesses will subvert the very goals it seeks to accomplish...
Hopefully, students will acquaint themselves with the process even further by going to speak to their representatives in the U.C. office in Canaday B or calling Finance Committee members...