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    affluent, tainted with capitalism, in the eyes of the deprived black community of South Africa. — Shirley du Boulay on Tutu's personality Shirley Du Boulay...
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    through 1989. The sitcom highlighted the experiences and growth of an affluent African American family, and Cosby gained a reputation as "America's Dad"...
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    struggled with poor health throughout her life. Weil's parents were fairly affluent and raised their children in an attentive and supportive atmosphere. She...
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    it clear that he admired and loved her, often through reference to her loving smile.: 20  Baldwin moved several times in his early life but always within...
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    Halberstam, who reported on King's funeral, recounted a comment heard at an affluent white dinner party: One of the wives—station wagon, three children,...
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    an exclusive suburb for the white middle and upper middle classes; its affluent beginnings led to the development of stately houses, grand avenues, and...
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    theology, and Western culture in general. Kierkegaard was born to an affluent family in Copenhagen. His mother, Ane Sørensdatter Lund Kierkegaard (1768–1834)...
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    Education (1954), Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964), and Loving v. Virginia (1967) which banned segregation in public schools and public...
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    didn't look capable of doing either." The "generation gap" between the affluent young and their often poverty-scarred parents was a critical component...
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    has been termed neo-eugenics. Neo-eugenicists like Clarence Gamble, an affluent researcher at Harvard Medical school and a founder of public birth control...
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  • Attitudes Survey found that there is “greater acceptance in more secular and affluent countries,” with "publics in 39 countries [having] broad acceptance of...
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    related by historian Neagu Djuvara with the writer's place of birth, an affluent village in an isolated region, contrasting heavily with the 19th century...
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