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...should see their letter in its true light: a very windy piece of liberal rhetoric, supported not by argument but by unjustified claims to special authority (including such excathedra pronouncements as "The term 'Third World' is, incidentally, a stumbling block rather than an aid to understanding..."). It indeed is "an offense to a community of truth-seekers" and is a good indication that more is at stake at Harvard than truth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PATRONIZING BLUSTER | 10/30/1969 | See Source »

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