Word: breeds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CONSEQUENCE] Many people fear the breed...
...such communities is a significant demographic shift. The average household in America is half the size it was at the start of the century. About a quarter of Americans live alone--and many of these are widowed, retired or both. There are also more single parents. The new breed of communes is more likely to have members named Ozzie and Harriet than Mad Dog and Rainbow. They keep a low profile and strive for respectability. They're just folks who simply found life in the atomized suburbs lonely...
...half a century, John Morris has been the one of the toughest and most feared labor leaders in the East--he's the last of a breed who openly used violence and threats against employers and fellow unionists alike. When he traveled, he was surrounded by a squad of boxers and ex-convicts. At the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service in Philadelphia, the 6-ft.-wide conference tables were nicknamed "Johnny Morris tables" because they were wide enough to prevent him from jumping over them. But not even his union brothers were prepared for what they found two weeks...
...Enough is enough.'" He chuckles, and says, "It seems to me that everybody's content in the Yard, but when they come here, they say, 'I'm free,' and get a little crazy. Especially this year, because we have a new breed of sophomores." He recalled one recent toga party during which a fire alarm sounded. "The toga party they had was very interesting. All the girls were half nude, in their bras and panties, and it was about 40 degrees outside." He continued, "But I understand you've got to let loose some time...
White was recommended by the committee in July, over Ashcroft's objections, and a vilification campaign against White soon began in earnest. White, said Ashcroft, was a "judicial activist," one of that horrible breed of tyrants with gavels who try to re-write the law for their own purposes instead of interpreting it justly. As evidence, Ashcroft lambasted White for having voted 14 times to reverse a death penalty decision, proving that he was a protector of the guilty and against law and order. One Ashcroft fundraiser resigned in protest of the "marathon public crucifixion and misinformation campaign...