Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...picked the bones of the 1980 Reagan victory clean, telling us it's a watershed in politics, it shows the nation's anger at President Carter, its confidence in Reagan, its unhappiness about the economy, its growing conservatism, its resurgent Republicanism. Whether few or all of these interpretations prove correct, the commentary has undoubtedly heartened many of the voters who elected Reagan, who voted Senators George McGovern and Birch Bayh out of office, who passed proposition 21/2 in Massachusetts, who elected Alfonse D'Amato to the Senate from New York. They wanted their votes to add up to a "mandate...
With Republican dignitaries like George Bush and Sen. John G. Tower (R-Tex.) looking on, Reagan found room for some rhetoric among his non-stop attempt to defend his record and correct what he called Carter's distortions...
Match the House to the correct nickname, and no peeking at 1956 Crimsons. Answers explained below. 1. Adams House a. Funsters 2. Dunster House b. Puritans 3. Eliot House c. Bunnies 4. Winthrop House d. Bell Boys 5. Kirkland House e. Commuters 6. Leverett House f. Elephants 7. Lowell House g. Deacons 8. Dudley House h. Gold Coasters...
...years after Isadora--the woman who admitted she was flattered when her lover felt at ease farting in her presence--slept her way to stardom in Fear of Flying. Some will hail Fanny as a reflection of Jong's maturation as a writer. In a sense, that analysis is correct--if Isadora was raunchy, then Fanny Hackabout-Jones is downright base...
...musings will no doubt prove prescient, his analysis correct. Michael Harrington probably did "cheat" Marx, in the abstract. Nonetheless, Marx hoped for--nay, expected--the merging of theory and praxis. His was a resounding call to action. Bell's ideas have a powerful appeal, but Michael Harrington is out on the streets, trying to affect social change, while Bell is in his office, analyzing social change. The choice is stark: this weekend, you can skim The Winding Passage and absorb ideas; or you can attend the nearest DSOC meeting