Word: conceptions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rights of American schoolchildren, then why not let petty authoritarian dictators paternally cattle prod their "child-like" political dissidents. That suck logic seens so natural rather than perversely twisted underlines a certain national moral psychosis. A student's right is a distinct set of projections, not just an abstract concept for memorization and regurgitation on the civics exam. If schools and the courts forget that, they can easily produce the most mathematical geniuses and moral fools--all with the discipline to make 1984 ring true...
Political convenience lies at the root of America's newest arms control initiative "build-down." This concept, under which the superpowers nuclear forces would be simultaneously reduced and modernized, has gained favor in Congress over the past year. It is attractive to just about all parties concerned. Both Democratic and Republican congressmen can claim support for nuclear reduction of freeze proponents, while simultaneously maintaining an image of backing for strong national defense, through modernization of weapons. The President, by accepting the congressmen's proposal, will also be able to call on favors when the final vote for MX missile...
...Nazis. Senator Joe McCarthy lasted almost as long before getting the boot. Vietnam dragged on--and on--for a decade. And the Watergate crowd clung gamely to the reins of control until they were ousted three years after the investigation of their activities began. But in some places, the concept of even grudging positive change doesn't seem to exist...
...Literature Walter Kaiser, chairman of the advisory committee, says the families operate under the system of mezzadria, where laborers agree to farm the land and surrender a negotiated portion of their crops to the farm's owner. Kaiser calls the dictionary translation of mezzadria-- "sharecropping"--a distortion of the concept...
...build-down idea began to take shape last January when Maine Republican Senator William Cohen wrote an article in the Washington Post suggesting that any new arms-control agreement include the build-down proposal. A few days later, Cohen got a call from the President. "I like the concept," Reagan said. "I hope we can make it work." Other Administration officials were far more skeptical. They argued that reducing the number of nuclear missiles does not necessarily lead to greater stability, and they objected to mixing bombers in the same negotiating pot with ballistic missiles. But Cohen had an important...