Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only rudderless ship in Washington. The whole place, primed for battle so long, is having trouble coping with conciliation. Working hard to be charming, Newt Gingrich ends up making his loyalists loathe him more. "There's no interest in politics right now because there's no conflict," former Clinton strategist James Carville complained to the New Yorker last week. "Democracy demands conflict." Washington politicos brighten visibly only when asked about the likelihood of new brawls breaking out. They promise "big fights." They can't wait to start slugging...
Beyond the reference barrage that is Buffy churns a wry, ongoing parable of the modern woman's greatest conflict: the challenge to balance personal and professional life. Buffy, you see, has been designated as the sole vampire slayer of her generation. When the bloodsuckers emerge, she must be there to make mincemeat out of them. But what to do on a night when a 12th century prophecy has proclaimed that the world could come to an end, and a cute boy named Owen, an Emily Dickinson lover even, has finally asked you out? This is, of course, Buffy's unending...
...HarperCollins; 310 pages; $24) by Patricia Chao (of Chinese and Japanese descent) and The Necessary Hunger (Simon & Schuster; 365 pages; $23) by Nina Revoyr (whose mother and father are Japanese and Polish-American, respectively). Although these books share some themes--all of them deal with parents and children in conflict over such issues as cultural and sexual identity--each author has a sharp, specific vision...
Rawlins said she is confident that after meeting extensively with Epps and Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 yesterday, the conflict will not re-occur in the future...
Rapp, also the Institute of Politics' (IOP) student advisory committee chair, said that the problems presented by the conflict are a little different for organizations as large...