Word: construct
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like the Main Street that guides customers into Disney's Magic Kingdom, the convention floor today is a construct, a shell, a dim, burnished reflection of what was once reality. They may even call the roll of the states to stir old memories of exciting summer nights from long ago, much as the first notes of Earth Angel or In the Still of the Night can set middle-aged hearts beating faster...
Moreover, the White House scored a sort of Pyrrhic victory. In two days of House and Senate hearings, Republicans could unearth no evidence that Clintonites used the files to construct a Nixonian enemies list. In fact, the Republicans could not establish that any officials above a rather low level had seen the files. G.O.P. probers who began last week thinking they might uncover a Watergate-size scandal ended up focusing on a less momentous query: Who hired Craig Livingstone...
...with my job. I work at "Charlie Rose," PBS' answer to Letterman, the late night interview show famous for its simple wooden table and plain black walls. I was lured into the city by my admiration for Rose--the journalistic antithesis of Ricki Lake--and his audacious attempt to construct a program that, in a sea of sound bites and gossip, truly delves into issues and personalities. The prospect of an "internship" heavy on research and light on gophering in such an environment of meaningful journalism seemed irresistible, so I applied. Sadly, none of my research...
...would be eligible for a grant in this election of about $32 million based on his 1992 showing. But FEC lawyers have yet to rule on whether the Reform Party itself is entitled to a subsidy. In the meantime, Perot can beat his drum for his favorite issues and construct a grass-roots organization for the next century. That approach would at least allow Perot to tell himself that his 1996 campaign isn't really, in the end, about...
Ethnic studies is...limited and is not a methodology in its own right. There are many ways to study ethnicity, and Harvard offers students the resources to explore race and ethnicity through its existing departments, and the flexibility to construct an interdisciplinary program where appropriate.... The Faculty is divided primarily by the approaches they take to their studies, not to their subject matter as such.... [Students] should not call for a new discipline when there is no need...