Word: arens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sixth year of a Democratic presidency ought to be a ripe hunting ground for G.O.P. candidates. The party holding the White House almost always gets trounced in midterm elections, on account of a thinning agenda and a sense that the best is over. But this year the trends aren't cooperating. The Republicans are running behind the Democrats in generic polls about the election, as much as 10% in some surveys. No one, especially the G.O.P., wants to be marketing scandal during the autumn. Better, as a Gingrich strategist put it, to intone, "'We have the papers; we're reviewing...
...AREN'T MUCH GOOD, ANYWAY...
...Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. As King told the story, the defining moment of his life came during the early days of the bus boycott. A threatening telephone call at midnight alarmed him: "Nigger, we are tired of you and your mess now. And if you aren't out of this town in three days, we're going to blow your brains out and blow up your house." Shaken, King went to the kitchen to pray. "I could hear an inner voice saying to me, 'Martin Luther, stand up for righteousness. Stand up for justice. Stand up for truth...
...then there's Lech Walesa. Those who wonder why there aren't more women on the list should consider the fate of Hanna Suchocka, the first female Prime Minister of Poland--or of any postcommunist state. It was Walesa who derailed her political career, stating, "I can't see a woman above me"--then adding, to the appreciative laughter of the press corps, "Sometimes, maybe...
...point being that if women aren't well represented among the movers and shakers, it isn't just because they've been too shy, too un-self-esteeming or too busy changing diapers. Part of the problem lies with the movers and shakers. For example, some of the job titles held by the males--such as Pope and Ayatullah--have never been open to women. We like to imagine, in the U.S., that guys who occupy corner offices and wear pinstripe suits are more woman-friendly than the ones whose names are stitched on their shirts. So it is depressing...