Word: anties
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Anti-affectations: This is my favorite category, since its bearers can justify themselves as practical, reasonable or typical. This category allows everything--short of complete oblivion--to be ultimately viewed as affectations, which allows for more cynicism, always a good thing, to exist in the world...
...resignation follows an unrelated incident in which an assistant football coach was accused of encouraging anti-gay harrassment of a dining hall worker. The worker, who was kissed by another male worker while he was preparing food, subsequently received a "homophobic" note...
Witness #14: Ali Jawani, special assistant to the Ayatollah for Anti-American affairs...
...demonstrators gathered in Baku's main square to wave purple-and-red Azerbaijani flags, hear speeches and denounce Armenian leaders. The Armenians are demanding that Nagorno-Karabakh be fully incorporated into Armenia. Simultaneously, in the industrial city of Kirovabad and in the Nakhichevan region, Azerbaijani toughs went on anti-Armenian rampages. They even attacked troops deployed to protect Armenian property; four soldiers were killed and three civilians shot for violating curfew. At least 126 Azerbaijanis and Armenians were injured, and more than 150 people were arrested...
...Spain, too, the Socialists have not permitted the right to corner the nationalist market. Having taken Spain into the Economic Community, Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez has demonstrated that the adept use of anti- Americanism (e.g., kicking a U.S. air wing out of Spain) is an excellent way to shore up nationalist credentials and retain popularity...