Word: casualness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...treatment to law enforcement. George Bush sustained those priorities, nearly doubling the antidrug outlay to $12 billion but devoting nearly 70% of it to the cops-and-Coast Guard approach. That strategy has contributed to the costly doubling of the prison population during the past decade. But while casual drug use may have declined, the number of heavy drug abusers, a crime-prone population now estimated at 5.5 million, is still rising...
Columnists and casual conversationalists alike are obsessed with the issue of a woman's control over her body; all shout their opinions on the topic, but very little real dialogue emerges from the chaos of the debate. The terrorist tactics of groups like Operation Rescue who barricade abortion clinics, the people who try to shout them down and especially the gag rule imposed on physicians, all prevent rational discussion...
...felt it necessary to play cheerleader in St. Louis is likely attributable to his having run up against two unfortunate requirements: the need to avoid being too negative and the need to avoid appearing too desperate. In trying to do both, he seemed passive, too unemotional and far too casual, which might be fine if the nation were looking to continue the status...
There is something dreadfully funny about all this. Have you never realized just how extraordinary a visit to the lavatory is? British comedians certainly have, and are well satisfied with their discovery. Yet I fear this humor is not well received here: casual references to anatomical deficiencies elicit concerned glances from some students, who clearly regard such remarks as signs of enormous repression. Then when the Id is delved into, blood jets spontaneously into my face and giggles grip my vocal chords...
...dating will be so dangerous (owing to the numerous rampant communicable diseases and personality disorders) that they will be attempted only by the kind of thrill seekers who now do things like bungee jumping, sky surfing and eating at Denny's. By the year 2020, in fact, "casual dating" will be a popular arena sport. People too terrified to pursue something so hazardous themselves will witness actual live human beings who, for big money stakes, will eat dinner with and then perhaps (if dinner goes well) become intimate with people they are attracted to but basically know nothing about...