Word: politicized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard does have some intellectuals. Each of these groups attract some, but in some ways it feels like a fluke. Given the hostile environment to real thinking, students become "politic."
The politic are those who, despite their feelings on an issue, "just don't want to get into it." Maybe they feel the exchange of ideas will leave them where they are anyway and just create tension in a rooming group or a friendship. "It's just not worth it...
Cuomo cautioned that we cannot expect heroes to arise on their own. But that doesn't mean that heroism lies beyond our grasp. It simply means that we should be willing NOT to be heroes, to acknowledge that our most exalted role might lie, instead, in softening the ground so...
Clinton and Starr are linked like my dog and his fleas. My pet serves as a watchdog and friend; Clinton does his job as a leader tackling difficult problems. My dog's fleas do nothing but irritate him and me. Starr's investigations have only done harm to the body...
Today, one of the first principles of our democracy is that no subgroup of the population, no matter how talented or wise, will make better decisions more frequently than the nation as a whole. We recognize the right of all individuals to participate in the governing process, to help choose...