Word: commonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What will happen as a result of this election is that the campus will retreat from any sort of common discourse back into its private little holes. No longer will anyone be concerned with the great flow of Harvard students through this august school, and no longer will anyone care what mark we leave for posterity. We will go back to sipping our evil lattes, too weak to stand for anything and too lazy to care...
Even antibiotics for the common cold can have adverse effects. Over 230 million prescriptions are written each year in the United States, and physicians and patients alike have come to believe that broad-spectrum antibiotics are effective against almost any infection...
...only covertly political, chiding Cuba's lapsed family values harder than its lack of human rights, calling more for Catholic education than confrontation with the regime. Speaking fervently on issues that are of particular relevance to Cubans, the Pope came down hard on abortion, divorce, premarital sex--all common practices there. When he openly criticized both the U.S. embargo and communist ideology, he did so in equally muted terms...
...seems not so radical. It explains why, for example, professors are enjoined from dating their students. Immaturity and infatuation make you vulnerable, even if you yourself aren't aware of it, and decent people in positions of power do not exploit the vulnerable for kicks. Here the logic of common morality is inexorable, and the conclusion is harsh: If the President had sex with her, he is not a decent man; he will be understood as such; and his public life will be over...
...repetitive and droning, with mixes that last too long and rhythms that lack variation. The songs on New Forms, in contrast, display a jazz combo-like virtuosity, twisting, searching for variations on themes, moving in fresh directions after establishing a tone. Roni Size and Goldie have a lot in common: both of their new albums feature songs called Digital, both employ plenty of guest artists, and New Forms' soulful title track sounds like something from Goldie's debut. The most precious thing they share, however, is this: a willingness to court disaster...