Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...claim that the memorials become "indiscernible rhetoric" and simply fade into the background when hurried students quickly pass through the Yard. In fact, each year many people stop by our Holocaust display to read the informational material, light a memorial candle or simply listen in silent reverence as the names are read. Even for those who don't stop, the sound of the individuals' names injects a sobering reminder of a tragedy which may otherwise have been forgotten. This kind of public display is incredibly important, particularly as the number of living Holocaust survivors is decreasing and the number...
...claim that the memorials become "indiscernible rhetoric" and simply fade into the background when hurried students quickly pass through the Yard. In fact, each year many people stop by our Holocaust display to read the informational material, light a memorial candle or simply listen in silent reverence as the names are read. Even for those who don't stop, the sound of the individuals' names injects a sobering reminder of a tragedy which may otherwise have been forgotten. This kind of public display is incredibly important, particularly as the number of living Holocaust survivors is decreasing and the number...
...move by accusing Primakov of failing to revive Russia's crippled economy -- which is not unlike berating a man for failing to defy gravity -- but that's not borne out by his choice of successor: "The new appointment as prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, is a man without any economic background but with a well-deserved reputation for bungling," says Quinn-Judge. "The Duma is unlikely to approve Stepashin, and that sets the stage for another period of prolonged political paralysis in Russia." One Yeltsin objective may, however backfire: The ailing president had hoped that by firing Primakov he could undercut...
...acceptable cost for its right to be armed to the teeth. But if the Constitution speaks of a "well-regulated militia," why don't we regulate it? Surely the sanest teenager isn't militia material. Gun ownership should not start until age 21, and it should require a background check at every purchase point, and a waiting period. Just as no one has a right to a machine gun, no one should have a right to a semiautomatic weapon, or a gun that can be altered to become one. Of course guns should have safety locks...
...they always have been. Consider this picture: a kid sits alone in front of his computer, cruising the Internet. In the background a CD player blares misogynistic obscenities. In another room, the television features a teenage heroine contemplating violence against her classmates. The local sixplex is playing a film that spills more blood than a slaughterhouse hoses down in a month. And in most states, if you can't buy a gun with a few phone calls and a couple of hundred bucks, you haven't really tried...