Word: resentful
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...wealth that people resent. What inflames their passions is the irresponsible use of wealth and the decadence of the jet-set hedonists...
...Hill's Acquire (price $15), which allows would-be conglomerate makers to wheel and deal their way to paper empires. In Profit and Loss ($15) players trade art, antiques, real estate and stocks. Capitalism itself is put to the test in Class Struggle ($12), in which players rep resent different classes in society and the object of the game is to win the revolution...
...little need for affirmative action. One may wish to dispute the truth or relevancy of Klitgaard's "overprediction" thesis, but there is surely nothing inherently racist about it. The only potentially offensive claim is Klitgaard's suggestion that some Blacks would do better at other schools. Blacks may rightly resent such "advice," but shouldn't one postpone final judgment until one has read the finished report in its entirety? Michael Crehan's recent article in the Independent provides a helpful corrective to much of the unrestrained hyperbole that has surrounded the Klitgaard controversy...
Many moderate Evangelicals are against Falwell too, but on different grounds. They resent the New Right's claim to speak for 45 million believers, especially on issues without specific biblical underpinnings, such as the Panama Canal or SALT II . They also think the suggestion that anyone who disagrees is sub-Christian is exactly what Evangelicals have long criticized in Protestant liberals. The Evangelical journal Christianity Today is disturbed that the New Right favors "prolife" and "profamily" causes but tends to ignore the Bible's teachings regarding justice, peace, and care for the poor...
...nonminority students as well. Jackson says, "We don't view the proposal as our own little island. A Third World center would be neutral ground for the entire University community." But Romney says whites at Yale have not fully accepted the Afro-Am center. "There's a lot of resentment--essentially, the issue is a primitive one. White students resent "Black students on campus...