Word: segmental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Faculty vote, is now a permanent institution at Harvard, but it will almost certainly have to reform its procedures and past practices in order to gain the approval of any sizable segment of the Harvard community...
...does one hold the nation together? We must support leaders prepared to bring about constructive change. We must examine every one of our institutions to see where reform or structural redesign will help them adapt to contemporary needs. We must isolate the small segment of our population who are practitioners of violence and coercion. We must reject leaders who exploit our fear and hatred...
...patients once the two-week treatment ended?and none did. To some critics, the surrogates were nothing other than well-meaning unpaid prostitutes. But Dr. Masters, arguing that "these men are societal cripples," asks: "Does society want them treated? If they are not treated, it is discrimination of one segment of society over another." Surrogates were not supplied for women, since, explains Mrs. Johnson, "in our society, the female is taught that only marriage gives her permission to be a sexual creature, and we are only giving her more difficulty if we try to treat her outside of marriage...
Today, our young people, or at least a vast segment of them, believe they have no opportunity to communicate with Government, regardless of Administration, other than through violent confrontation. But I am convinced we-and they-have the capacity, if we will have the willingness, to learn from history...
...Continental breakfast. Then he moves to his study, where he dictates to his secretary for three to four hours. Weather permitting, he walks, at 11 each morning, around his property, occasionally carrying bread crumbs for his birds and chickens. He inspects his delicately manicured lawn and the garden, one segment of which forms a floral fleur-de-lis, the symbol of French royalty. After 40 minutes, the general is back at his desk in his book-lined study. As he edits manuscripts, he extends his right index finger along the contoured body of the fountain...