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...Deal era have atrophied into empty shells: political parties, labor unions and working-class newspapers. Taking their place, Greider provocatively argues, are the cool, rational tools of by-the- numbers policy analysis, the legacy of "the energetic reform movements launched by Ralph Nader and others in the 1960s." Much like the Progressives early in the century, the Naderite reformers distrusted the messiness of mass democracy and placed their faith instead in public-interest litigation and legislation. But in another illustration of the law of unintended consequences, business interests learned how to dominate these newly cerebral public policy debates, while average...
...does the author choose to describe quano as he does, rather than mention its important role in meeting increased demand for agricultural production? Meanwhile, the author fails to mention that Peru was the first world exporter of fish meal in the 1960s and '70s, when considerable foreign investment took place, and that its vast natural resources make it among the richest countries on the continent...
...years after the Big Bang explosion that began the universe, a time when all of space was hot, dense and incandescently bright. The radiation is still around now, 15 billion years later, cooled far below zero and transformed from visible light to microwaves. Its discovery in the mid-1960s confirmed the Big Bang as the premier theory of the universe. The theory also says the temperature of this background radiation must vary from spot to spot in the sky. The variations come from areas of higher and lower density in the universe at that time; without density fluctuations then, there...
...moved it, but not modified it. Unlike Berry Gordy, the Motown Records founder who used widely appealing performers like the Supremes to facilitate soul music's crossover into the white market in the early 1960s, Simmons has built his reputation on a refusal to assimilate. He promotes artists whose speech, dress and demeanor reflect the in-your-face bravado of black urban adolescents and the rebellious fantasies of those in the suburbs. Taking direct cues from his audience, Simmons told Run-DMC to wear their dark glasses and black leather suits onstage and LL Cool J to retain his slouchy...
...Paradigm of Sexual Liberation." The terms "spade" and "Negro" used to identify African-Americans have angered and offended the Black community. "Spade" is an epithet similar to "nigger" in its derogatory denotation of African-Americans. Likewise, while the term "Negro" was historically used to describe African-Americans until the 1960s, its usage without qualification is now considered unacceptable and offensive. Furthermore, the title's assertion of the "Negro as a Paradigm of Sexual Liberation" invokes stereotypes of black sexuality--blacks as oversexed, more promiscuous, less sexually inhibited, and possessing a greater libido than whites, to name...