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(...) What about building with LEGO bricks excessively?;) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So what about that part which says "minority admissions procedures that can withstand allegations of unfair preferences"? Sounds to me like they're vying for a more fair environment, not necessarily within the restrictions of affirmitave (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What exactly is an "academically intelligent" person? Is that a person that just knows how to get good grades? I remember many excellent students that were not so intelligent. Especially in High School, where there was a much more direct (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"we saved your butts" That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard, and I would bet most of the Americans who fought in WWII would agree. To say "We fought & died along side of you, in the fight for freedom" is more accurate. We're not talking (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) conservative (...) _not_ (...) Conservative-1, Tending to conserve 2, Tending to preserve established institutions: opposed to change. This is the definition of the word "conservative" that is given in the Websters New World Dictionary. I am a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Dave, (...) College is a learning experience, just for the most part, not a pleasant or an enlightening one. (...) Yes, to a point. Colleges are so bad in everything in terms of paperwork, etc. It gave me a bad taste for inefficient, non consumer (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Scott: (...) Boy oh boy, for the most part, you just hit the nail right on the head. Anyone asserting that college isn't a learning experience is using too narrow a definition. Almost invariably, one will learn about bureaucracy and incompetence, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Or you are showing yours, but I digress... (...) Yes, but what does that have to do with admitting minorities into a college? Business and college are very different. (...) Yes, see above.. (...) Yes, work again... (...) My point exactly. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) To me there are two issues. The first is do we take people into college who are not necessarily the most likely to succeed. The second issue is how do you assure someone is most likely to succeed. Since I believe it is impossible to come up (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, most conservatives, in the US, are classical liberals, that do want to change a lot of things. I think we are going into different issues here. (...) Just because you are a progressive, doesn't mean you look forward either. Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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