Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...problems with such an argument are obvious: Why base moral judgments on what other people think? Why not, instead, work to change anti-gay attitudes? There's also another problem with this anti-intellectual argument. It's wrong...
...improved level of teamwork was obvious against...
Historians note that Americans have felt before that their historical culture was being overwhelmed by immigrants, but conflicts between earlier- arriving English, Germans and Irish and later-arriving Italians and Jews did not have the obvious and enduring element of racial skin color. And there was never a time when the nonmainstream elements could claim, through sheer numbers, the potential to unite and exert political dominance. Says Bender: | "The real question is whether or not our notion of diversity can successfully negotiate the color line...
Whatever the cause, racism in one form or another, subtle or blatantly obvious, plagues many Asian Americans. Sometimes strong biases brought over by the immigrants themselves -- including racial prejudice, clannishness and a $ reluctance to make problems public -- hamper their assimilation into the majority. More often, however, Asians are the victims of discrimination. The very visible success of some Asian immigrants and the power of Asian finance have triggered a backlash...
These posts are currently held by Berkman Professor of Economics Andreu Mas-Colell and Professor of Government Joseph S. Nye, who are the associate deans for affirmative action and international affairs, respectively. Nye, a well-known expert on international security, has been pegged as an obvious candidate to succeed Spence...