Word: commonization
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Later, as Israel's policies became more controversial, the Holocaust was left as "virtually the only common denominator of American Jewish identity in the late 20th century." It was dragooned in support of such Jewish preoccupations as the (bogus, claims Novick) "new anti-Semitism" of the 1970s and the real (but bloodless) threat of intermarriage. Its appeal to Americans at large grew as the nation's post-Vietnam mood turned dystopian and identity politics put a premium on victimhood. The best example of the resulting crossover appeal was the influential nbc mini-series Holocaust in 1978, intensively promoted by Jewish...
...Crawford, spokesperson for Pittsburgh public schools, doesn't want the issue framed as stadiums vs. schools. "The state has enough to do both," she says. In Philadelphia, 80% of students are poor enough to have something in common with the team owners: they, too, qualify for a free lunch. Unfortunately, they don't have a lunchroom to eat it in at Willard. Maybe they can use the new sky boxes on nongame days...
...docs." The worm will be out of the can and munching on everything from your Outlook e-mail program to your big PowerPoint presentation before you can say, "Hmm. I never asked for any ?zipped docs.?" Beware. And for gosh sakes, this is the Internet age. Use a little common sense...
...impeachment, but President Clinton has finally been punished for his wrongdoing in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Judge Susan Webber Wright ruled Clinton was in contempt of court for giving "intentionally false" testimony in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit. Perhaps more than anything, the ruling was a victory for common sense and the sanctity of the English language. The line between truth and falsehood--so obvious to most of the American people despite the efforts of the president and his legal team--has finally been affirmed by an official voice. April...
Being runner-up became the year's common theme after Wyant finished strong to reach the finals of the NISRA Individual Squash Championship on the weekend of March...