Word: sectionalism
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...Post article, a 3,000 word in-depth account of the scandal from West’s point of view, was published in the newspaper’s Style section in August 2002, and although it did acknowledge Summers’ attempts at reconciliation, it also aligned him with the legions of conservatives who spoke out on his behalf—a trend that has continued with the most recent scandal. The article blamed Summers for opening the door to those who “question the intellectual competence of African American scholars” and recounted the outcry from...
...funny. An article on the high-brow world of polo players was titled “Polo Is My Life: Fear and Loathing in Horse Country.” In the opening section, he describes being trapped in a stall while his ‘Uncle Lawless’ beats a rabid horse with a two-by-four; the horse “commit[s] suicide” by biting the trigger on Lawless?...
...site, part of the “Harvard At Home” initiative to help far-flung graduates keep in touch with campus events, contains several lengthy passages that are lifted verbatim from other sources without any attribution. The site includes a 69-word section on Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler that is identical to an article in the computerized encyclopedia Microsoft Encarta, as well as a 46-word passage on Euler that appears to have been copied straight from Encyclopedia Britannica. The site also published a 65-word passage that previously appeared verbatim in a 1997 law review article...
Larry was for some of us an Economics 10 section leader, for others an informal economics tutor, and a friend and advisor to each of us. He offered all of us help and encouragement in our ability to perform at the highest levels in our academic work. He took our comments and arguments seriously and treated each of us with the greatest respect. He fostered in us an appreciation for logical thought, intellectual honesty, and scientific rigor in analyzing issues. Perhaps most importantly, he urged us to have confidence in our abilities. He never made the slightest distinction between...
Harvard appeared to draw energy from the contentious Bulldogs fans in attendance. Yale brought its cheerleaders, a raucous band and a substantial cheering section to Lavietes in the attempt to turn Cambridge into New Haven North...