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...institutional stability vanishes, one no longer need frolic through WASP theme parks to claw one’s way to the top. Other avenues to power and high society avail themselves. And while identity politics have by no means demolished these hallowed institutions, “diversity” is upon them. Just over a generation ago, Irish Catholics, Jews and blacks were not considered worthy of membership. A woman’s place was, well, in her own club, the Chilton-—not in the den of men, in any event. At Myopia Hunt Club on Boston?...
...turn of the century, the Women’s Temperance Union squared off with them, presenting petition after petition, but to no avail. The St. B would live up to the reputation of their namesake St. Botolph, the hard-drinking patron saint of the Saxons. Nowadays, younger members are setting a new example—hard liquor is no longer a staple. Litero-Culturati and other such cognoscenti prefer wine...
...some private institutions, graduate students have been trying to unionize for years, to no avail. At Yale, President Richard C. Levin has stated his continued opposition to giving graduate students collective bargaining rights and encouraged NYU to appeal the decision...
Democratic leadership wanted Portune to run so much that Congressional Minority Leader Richard Gephardt called him personally to persuade him to run, but to no avail...
...Huidekoper says that even if Harvard complained to Oracle about the clunky codes, it would be to no avail. The University and its $112 million project carry limited weight with the $231.2 billion software company...