Word: fair
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...talking about resurrecting chivalry, as conservatives claim to want, or about government censorship, which liberals rightly fear. I'm talking about men engaging in some serious self-scrutiny, challenging their prejudices and privileges, taking their fair share of responsibility for the mess we are in. Men should ask themselves why they like what they like, and what messages those preferences send to men, and women, and children. When Christopher Hitchens, for example, writes in his Nation column that he finds 2 Live Crew very funny, what is he saying about his capacity for empathy? Maybe if he knew...
...hyperviolent heroes like Rambo, for example. Too bad. I want men to confront their own aggression, the pleasure they take in its depiction and the excuses they make for its enactment -- that no really means yes, that wives need to know who's boss, that "bad" girls are fair game. I want them to tell their tiny sons what I tell my daughter: Georgie Porgie isn't cute. He's mean...
...think the press has been fair to theman," says Colin Gallagher, founder of theindependent group Students for Silber andClapprood at Harvard. "There are a lot ofoutstanding points in his record that are glossedover...
Positions: Galvin has worked to earmark lottery funds for local aid to cities and towns. He has emphasized the need for the enforcement of fair lending practices by banks and the control of runaway insurance rates. Galvin plans to work to protects the public from corporate interests and restructure the state's pension and banking systems. Galvin opposes the CLT petition. Republican...
...faculty's going to have to do more work on that," Kaufman said. "Given the reservations that were raised and the questions that were asked, that's a fair resolution...