Word: redress
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...told, that's almost a month's salary--because we are wealthy and glamorous Americans and we appreciate his help. So easy to change the quality, the very direction, of Cubans' lives! It seems possible that, between our ride sharing and tip giving, we can single-handedly redress whatever harm has been done. Oh, if only...
This year, the University is making a new effort to address the paucity of women in the sciences. In a September letter to FAS, Knowles suggested that an expected wave of retirements in the next five years would provide an opportunity to redress the problem...
Wirzbicki acknowledges that conservatives are underrepresented in the Faculty and tacitly admits that they're usually maligned by the campus press. It might be expected that a group burdened by such bias would fight for redress and vie for special privilege. Some people do expect that, and they perceive a grab for personal accommodation when conservatives poke fun at the institution of victimhood or satirize Harvard's inequitable (on the low side) distribution of minority privilege to the conservative minority here...
...this angle that I return to the debate over the now-defunct Radcliffe College. One of the undercurrents of last year's debate was the differing attitudes among undergraduate women towards an auxiliary single-sex institution alongside Harvard. Those arguing a continuing role for Radcliffe saw its programs as redress for unequal opportunities for women at Harvard. In effect, dual citizenship at Harvard-Radcliffe allowed women to decide the necessity of Radcliffe for themselves. They could choose to participate in the supplementary programs of Radcliffe, like the student organizations, externships, seminars, etc. Or, as many elected to do, they could...
...injured boy dangling out of a window until he could be rescued by a SWAT team. Patrick Ireland, 17, was shot in the brain and is partially paralyzed on his right side. He is likely to have enormous medical bills for years. If victims like him were to seek redress in court, it would take a jury with a heart of stone to send them home empty-handed...