Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...commonly said that women are supposed to be the more silent class members than men. My own experience, however, doesn't square with that," says Buell, who is an English professor. "In a field like literature that is more gynocentric to begin with, I don't sense an appreciable difference...
Therefore, if women are too intimidated to participate in the beginning--such as the junior in an all-male section--they are not likely to begin speaking during class discussion later in the semester...
...Where to begin? Blacks, Jews, women, homosexuals--which continuously discriminated-against group is at the top of his hate list? The common and unfortunate thread uniting all these groups is that, despite decades of struggling for equality, they continue to evoke resentment and fear from portions of the population. It is through this window of opportunity that the winds of Buchananism blow through our society. (The statements that follow were detailed in a 1993 report of the Anti-Defamation League...
...might. After the I.R.A. declared its cease-fire in August 1994, it was Adams who traipsed the world, telling the likes of Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg and Bill Clinton in Washington that violence had been banished from Ulster politics. The cease-fire, he insisted, was "complete." Peace talks could begin without the fear of I.R.A. guns under the table. Now the bombing in London has contradicted all that and raised troublesome questions. Does Adams approve of the I.R.A.'S return to terrorism? Was he to be trusted in the first place? Assuming he has been sincere, has the I.R.A. overruled...
...time," he said. "The British broke the commitments they made when the I.R.A. agreed to the cease-fire. They promised all-party talks, but after 18 months we got nothing." The British have insisted that the I.R.A. start to disarm before talks in which Sinn Fein is formally included begin, but the I.R.A. has refused, and negotiations have been stalled over this point for months...