Word: alterity
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...every member of the Bundestag, they urged the outlawing of an atavism that is "utterly incompatible with our contemporary conception of morals and ethics." The professors, including Nobel prizewinning Physicist Max Born, got nowhere. The Bundestag is laced with the Alte Herren (alumni) of dueling societies. Fumed one Alter Herr: "Don't talk about things you don'tunderstand...
...reader of the inevitable tension between feeling and fact in the writing of history and social criticism. In the academic world this is considered unflinchingly honest procedure. In politics it passes for unpardonable naivete. And since in running for the Senate Hughes has been neither willing nor able to alter his candid style, he seems type cast for the part of Don Quixote...
...gesture enlightened enough to ask for more enlightenment, the Ford Foundation has granted $125,000 for a ten-year study that may measurably alter admissions policy of the nation's colleges. Under the grant Williams College will examine students admitted "with less-than-outstanding grades and test scores but with promising qualities that defy scientific measurement" such as "flair, forte, strength of character...
Radcliffe President Mary I. Bunting said last night that the proposed move would "clarify"--but not alter--the relationship between Harvard and Radcliffe. The Radcliffe trustees have already approved the move...
...Changing Name Sir: The writer who penned "Melting the Pot"[March 23] deserves plaudits for his definitive coverage of the commercial alter...