Word: token
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...above suggestions are only temporary solutions. The permanent solution is to alter the power structure and attitudes that lead to violence against women. This includes replacing the present institutional sexism with institutional support of women. One example of Harvard's sexism is the two token women on the police force, brought in to deal with the "woman's issue" of rape; just as women are not token elements of society, women on the police force must not be mere tokens. Harvard must reach out to women, make women students confident and comfortable in seeking their education...
...school to run eventually for public office, he has "made decisions about what I'm going to do as if I was writing my autobiography." Untermeyer warns, "You've got to be aware that your private life can push itself into and affect your public life." By the same token, the Texan argues that he has had no trouble inviting distinguished guests such as Congressmen Joseph Wyatt and Mickey Leland (both Texas Democrats) to address the study group, "because everybody likes to stand around in Washington cocktail parties and casually preface their remarks with, "Yes, when I was up lecturing...
Despite talk of a new "pragmatism" in Reagan's thinking, he has not really abandoned any of the fundamental beliefs he has held for many years. For purely political purposes, he has made some token shifts, such as favoring federal aid for both New York City and the Chrysler Corp., but both are questions that have already been firmly resolved. Reagan really is not a moderate on any major domestic issue, although, as his record as Governor shows, circumstances can force him to change his policies...
...Thus North Dakota's veteran G.O.P. Congressman Mark Andrews is considered a shoo-in for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Milton Young. Says a disgruntled Democrat: "Andrews and God occupy the same niche here." Of the House incumbents, 51 have no opponent, scores face only token opposition, and 95% are expected to be reelected...
...ambition. It is set in the offices of a woman's magazine that publishes articles on both "Sexual Harassment and the Working Woman" and "17 Ways with Tuna Fish." The boss is an amalgam of famous woman editors - a sort of Helen Gloria Vreeland. But the moment a token male (Lawrence Pressman) joins the staff, the gals go man-crazy...