Word: clicking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CONVENTION. A feminist once wrote that when a woman hears a slighting remark about her role in life, she sometimes also hears a remarkable sound: click. That is the moment of recognition, the sound of things falling into place. Just like that: click. Geraldine Ferraro probably heard the sound when a New York law firm's senior partner, who had been interviewing her for a job, finally said, "You're wonderful, but we're not hiring any women this year." Click. Or perhaps when her employer explained why other department heads were getting higher pay: "But, Gerry...
...back in 1840. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 24, newly married to an Abolitionist Orator named Henry Brewster Stanton, had accompanied him to London, where he was to be a delegate to the World Anti-Slavery Convention. There she learned that this meeting to combat slavery was barred to all women. Click...
...these distinctions have little to do with the film's inability to truly move the audience. The fundamental reason The Stone Boy fails to click is not because of weak acting or cliched themes, but rather because of the heavy-handed manner in which they story gets told. Most of the film's messages lack subtlety, and the audience often senses that it is supposed to feel pity without substantial reason. Consequently, many of the scenes which have the potential to arouse the audience merely receive a lukewarm response...
...article on cholesterol [MEDICINE, March 26]. This is public service as one might always wish it. A recent study of schoolchildren in New York and Los Angeles shows that their cholesterol levels are about 35% higher than they ought to be. This is when the time bomb begins to click...
...worked at odd jobs as a laborer and a painter until 1979, when the government began to encourage people to go into business for themselves. His assets were meager: some photographic equipment and furniture from the 1950s left to him by his father. But the state made things click by offering a three-year tax exemption. "I was nervous whether I could make money or not," Bai said. "People don't like to start things on their own." Although Bai initially feared that the leadership's enthusiasm for private enterprise might wane, he is convinced that it will...