Word: bunche
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...many of the arguments brought against it. The reverse discrimination DeFunis cited is an idea that comes up again and again in criticisms of affirmative action, the popular image being one of women and minorities hired not for their qualifications but to fill government quotas. "Reverse discrimination is a bunch of malarkey," Leonard says. "There's no such thing. It's a myth, a red herring...
...face, rather than evade, the tough money questions. She criticized, however, the "undercurrent of unnecessary hostility between the two houses" in trying to agree on budget limits, and the hostility between Congress and the Executive Branch. The bureaucrats in the Executive Branch, she said, tend to consider Congress "a bunch of dopes" who cannot comprehend budget matters, while Congress figures that the administrators "will just mess it up" if kept informed about what the Legislative Branch wants to do to the budget. Senator Edmund Muskie, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, pointedly wondered how many Congressmen voted for the budget...
...daily schedule was revised to cut back on students' free time. Rest rooms on the third floor were closed after they became hangouts. As a result of attacks and threats, students have become wary. "There is a degree of fear," says Senior Dan Graff. "If you see a bunch of guys in the hall, you get nervous. You might get held up." Says School Community Worker John Ingram: "We've had everything conceivable happen here but murder...
...They were a raggedy bunch and they didn't know how to use things. One guy just squatted on the wash basin. So we showed them how to use the toilet. The shower was the big hit. Once we showed them how to use it, they had a ball. One guy held the gun, and the rest piled in under the shower. Some times they were afraid of things they did not understand...
...failed in the test of the times. We had so much going for us ... so much potential ... Do you realize it, man? We were the youth of our times ... And we blew it. Blew it completely. Look where it all ended ... We just turned out lookin' like a bunch of punks and freaks...