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...occupied units shown during the tour demonstrated the effect of thirty years of wear. The tiled floors were cracked and flaking. The painting, although redone between occupants, had developed jagged cracks. A draft blew through ill-fitting windows, and most of the lighting came from outside...
Dellums insists that in theory he's in favor of the process. "Twice before, in 1988 and 1991, I voted for closing bases," he says. "I helped draft the base-closure legislation we're working under. I've never approached this issue as a parochial or pork matter." But the Pentagon's new list, Dellums insists, smacks of political retribution rather than prudent pruning. "This is George Bush's base-closing list, and it's George Bush's base-closing commission," says an agitated Dellums, clearly distraught at the loss of jobs on his home turf. "If you think...
...here. My breathing slows down, and I realize things look a lot different from courtside. John Barry, a Bucks rookie, checks into the game, and I can see the pain on his face as he gets booed. He looks like he might cry. Barry was the Celtics' first-round draft pick, and was traded to the Bucks before he ever played a game for in Celtics Green...
There is further the issue of whether the empirical data that Mansfield requests would be able to prove his claim. Other factors were in play at the time--the general liberalization of attitudes toward grading, the question of grades being inflated to allow students to avoid the draft--so that it may not be possible to empirically prove Mansfield's contention. It surprises me that an academic does not realize that making unprovable statements is sloppy scholarship...
...were unable to make this distinction. They passed easily from one kind of affirmative action to the other, overlooking the difference that Ali sees between them. Of course, other ignoble influences were also at work then: the desire of some professors to ensure that Harvard students would keep their draft deferments, and an opinion (which is part of the reasoning behind affirmative action) that self-expression is diminished by being held to a standard of excellence...