Word: angers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Luther King Jr. in April 1968. The Kerner Commission, appointed to discover the roots of these riots, concluded that the government had to implement nothing less than extraordinary measures to improve the lot and quell the growing resentment of Blacks. The reported warned of "the feelings of desperation and anger which breed civil disorders...
Politicians, responding to the overwhelming resentment and public unhappiness bred by this sentiment and the growing antipathy towards the poor (never a very important constituency) are racing to harness and codify this anger. This results in harsh, almost draconian, short-sighted proposals, which will inevitably turn out to be counterproductive...
...congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty says a generational split surfaced in a tense, closed meeting this afternoon, with Hatfield's longtime colleagues opposing the harsh punishment. A handful of Hatfield opponents, notably GOP Senate freshmen Connie Mack of Florida and Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, were outnumbered. But Tumulty says their anger touched off a sharp debate on how to punish wayward party leaders in the future. She also warns that Hatfield still may not get off scott-free. "Bob Dole is not going to forget this," she adds. "His whole premise of running for president is leadership...
...juveniles or the mentally disabled. "This law alone won't stop crime, but it is an important step in the right direction," Pataki said. Cuomo, now practicing law in Manhattan, told the Associated Press that he hopes the courts will find the law unconstitutional. "It's from fear, anger, shortsightedness and some cynicism coming together to overwhelm intelligence," Cuomo said of the measure...
Conversely, many students want to live in the Quad, for non-racial reasons as well. Some people like creating a separation between school and home, others want more space. By ignoring such very real differences between the houses, a policy of randomization would anger students on both sides of the "Quad debate...