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Description acceptable. An article written in response to this event recounts two men talking about their sexual conquests while the author attempts to read The Sound and the Fury. Alan Dixon’s political career ended (10[1])after his role in this event prompted a primary challenge by Carol Moseley Braun. A “twilight zone” characterized by competing “Appropriations” of this event (-5[1])are discussed in the essay “Whose Story Is It, Anyway?” from a collection edited by Toni Morrison. Rebecca Walker coined the term for “third wave” feminism in response to this event, (10[1])whose central (10[1])participant headed the EEOC. (10[4])During this event, (10[1]-5[1])Joe Biden (10[1])chaired (10[2])an (10[2])all-White, (10[2])all-male Senate committee to adjudicate testimony (10[4])from a Black (10[1])central participant, (10[1])who used the phrase “high-tech lynching.” (10[1])For 10 points, the subject of what 1991 event was accused of sexual harassment by Anita Hill? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Clarence Thomas hearings [or Clarence Thomas’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearings, Clarence Thomas’s nomination to the Supreme Court, or equivalents; accept Anita Hill’s testimony or Anita Hill hearings or similar answers until “Hill” is read; prompt on Clarence Thomas scandal or Clarence Thomas controversy or equivalents] (“Whose Story Is It, Anyway?” appears in Race-ing Justice, En-gendering Power.)
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Sanjay SrihariGeorgia TechNorthwestern3310
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaVanderbilt57-5
Charles HangWUSTL APurdue8810
Shiv SeshanChicago DKentucky9010
Henry CafaroChicago BCornell A9410
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ANYU9410
Matt JacksonChicago AColumbia A9410
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AWaterloo9410
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichiganIowa State9710
Andrew MinagarYale AIllinois97-5
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BMinnesota B9910
Caleb KendrickMarylandJohns Hopkins10010
Max HodesChicago CBerkeley B10010
Dean Ah NowClaremont CollegesWUSTL B10110
Luke SchaarschuchVirginiaOttawa10110
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto BFlorida10210
Shardul RaoMinnesota AIndiana10210
Fred GarveyTruman StateHarvard10810
Sarod NoriCornell BMcGill10810
Tim MorrisonStanfordTexas10810
Ashish SubramanianDukeColumbia B10810
Jason HongBrownToronto A11110
Lexi TermanRutgersYale B11310
Bryan UgazArizona StatePenn11910
Alan WuVanderbiltSouth Carolina13610
Justin WytmarIllinoisYale A13710