Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...party is saying to them: We want equality of opportunity. The only barrier will be within yourself as to your own ability to achieve your dreams. And I think this is what they want. I think the minorities have far more to gain from the Republican Party. We're the ones who want them to fly as high and far as they can on their own ability...
...although they probably like the dark things which lurk in the swamp better), but what can they be expected to make of things like the second gate to the South Sage? The South Sage gate is a mirror which reflects a person's inner self. Although not a physical barrier, it is an effective deterrent because "most men, when confronted with their true inner nature, run away screaming." True, perhaps, but very much over the heads of eight-year-olds and too simplistic for their parents. At such times the movie's audience and message become muddled...
...Ohio delegation danced in the aisles, and the Texas delegation waved flags. Geraldine Ferraro's nomination turned tired old phrases into literal statements. For women who had pressed so long against a barrier, there was indeed an open door. For talent long wasted by exclusion, there was at last inclusion. But much of the community of emotion in Moscone Center eluded language. Pride? Joy? Incredulity? No word quite defined the feeling that was at the heart: the knowledge that the struggle had been so hard, so long, for so many...
...nation "ready" for a woman Vice President? The answers to the question must be intuitive. It is possible that this barrier was passed some time ago, in the psychological sense, and that it is simply waiting to topple. Perhaps...
...been such an integral part of the American scene for over 100 years that it is possible to make some social history of it. Jules Tygiel, in his recent perceptive biography of Jackie Robinson, did just that, using the life of the man who broke baseball's color barrier as a rough metaphor for the desegregation of America. Tygiel's effort wasn't pretentious, because it was grounded in a proper respect for and devotion to the game irrespective of its broader relevance; but, in reaching higher, it offered a broader statement than simply just who Jackie Robinson...