Word: wrongness
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Official Harvard, you see, operates on a system of lists. People who are on the right list breeze through the the University with no problems at all. People who are on the wrong list--or even worse, left off the list entirely--enter a tangle of red tape that would do even the Pentagon proud...
...hear all these things about them. I watched this video about them and they said they didn't do anything wrong. Now I don't know what to think," Elizabeth said...
...Certainly. We have had ample evidence in history of the tyranny of government. And when some constituent is unfairly treated by the Defense Department or by the IRS, the only people they have to turn to are their elected representatives. There is nothing wrong with members of Congress ensuring that their constituents are treated fairly. That is quite different from seeking special treatment...
...half-white, or a black, they would impose on us the most stifling form of apartheid, condemning us all to a hopeless rift of mutual incomprehension. Taken to an extreme, this can lead to a litigious nation's equivalent of the tribal vendetta: You did my people wrong, so now I am entitled to do you wrong. A plague on every house...
...however, can be revealing. Ellen Galinsky, who as co-president of Manhattan's Families and Work Institute often attends corporate seminars, says that when women complain that their mates don't help, the men seethe. "The men say, 'Every time I help, she tells me I'm doing it wrong. I quit. I'm not interested in being criticized all the time.' " Such conflicts often reflect deeper issues of power and expectation. "There's a lot of denial around the issues of envy and competition," says family psychotherapist Emily Marlin. "Who's doing better? And what does that mean...