Word: acceptability
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...sometime in June, both Harvard and Brown Universities reportedly tried to lure the Soviet leader for speaking engagements. Since Harvard has prominent research centers for both European and Russian Studies, and since Brown President Vartan Gregorian is said to have close ties to Soviet officials, many believed Gorbachev would accept one of the invitations. As it turns out, Gorby snubbed both Harvard and Brown, instead choosing to visit Stanford, home of the notoriously conservative Hoover Institute. Gorbachev said he chose Stanford because his foreign minister was impressed with the Hoover Institute's work, but observers said Gorby was especially eager...
...People hate to look in the mirror and say, "You know something? I gave it my all. I trained as hard as I could. And I'm not worth a s---." Excuse my French, but nobody wants to accept that...
...purpose of my letter, however, is not to discuss whether Harvard should accept ROTC scholarship money; in fact, the virtues or vices of ROTC scholarships are entirely irrelevant to the point I want to make. I want to question your attitude toward hypocrisy...
...association with scholarships that discriminate against various groups. If Harvard refuses to take money from the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), you argued, it must also refuse to take money from other scholarships that discriminate (e.g. Boy Scouts and religious organizations). In your words, if Harvard refuses to accept money from ROTC but takes it from others, then Harvard is "playing hypocrisy...
...realize that advocating hypocrisy as necessary--even though I acknowledge its dangers--will come as a shock to most people. When this idea first occurred to me, I found it a bit difficult to accept. But now I believe strongly in the necessity of hypocrites. I hope that others will consider my opinion with an open mind. Robert Adams