Word: breakdowners
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...Harvard's gathering on National Coming Out Day only "hurt [homosexuals'] chances for public acceptance." But people's prejudices don't go away on their own. Throughout our history, most notably during the Civil Rights movement, public demonstrations have been the catalyst for the promotion of equality and the breakdown of discrimination...
...addition to contributing to the alarming breakdown of discourse, zealots and their ilk also possess the peculiar trait of often being, well, just plain wrong. Oh, they start out right, but somewhere along the way they veer off the narrow path and start clearing new trails of their own. Much as they can still see the original path, there's still some ounce of truth left in their claims, but it's been shrouded by the questionable data and dubious claims that are the hallmark of fanatics the nation over...
...while, but the band never really went out of style. Hootie brought back unabashed pop-rock, and a gaggle of other bands, including Matchbox 20, Third Eye Blind and even Hanson, have followed in its footsteps. Hootie's new album isn't a breakthrough or a breakdown: it's just a healthy helping of well-crafted rock. Ballads like Only Lonely are instantly affable; other numbers, like the jazzy What's Going On Here, have the depth to earn repeated spins in your CD player. Hootie will be around for a spell...
...timed meeting spotlighted how much the financial crisis rippling around the world is not simply an economic breakdown but a political one as well. Russia was exposed as a country with no government and no plan for recovery. The massive dislocations in country after country lay in the mismanagement or malfeasance of top political and business figures, and the difficulty the world is having in repairing the damage owes much to a set of leaders who are weak, venal or tarnished...
...sweep of the political breakdown is astonishing. In Thailand, where the disintegration of the baht one year ago set off the tidal wave, the Prime Minister presided over a spectacularly corrupt regime. General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, a former army chief turned politician, wasted billions propping up ailing finance companies owned by political cronies. When the currency crumbled under the pressure, he chose to throw good money after bad in a futile attempt to avoid a humiliating devaluation. Malaysia's cantankerous, 72-year-old Premier Mahathir Mohamad, strongman for 17 years, ran a one-man show with total control over the country...