Word: craven
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would also like to take issue with Mr. Brown's generalization that all Southern gentlemen were merely rapists and "craven degenerate[s]." Though it might be painful for the righteous to admit, our nation's father, George Washington, was a slave owner, as were Thomas Jefferson and numerous other prestigious Americans. Their greatness does not legitimize the fact that they owned slaves, but that ownership does not make them degenerate rapists. I also though that it was a bit presumptuous of Mr. Brown to call two sitting United States Senators "jabbering Neanderthals." Lord knows that many people disagree with...
Those who revere the Confederate flag often allege that the Southern way of life is a grand tradition. The most cursory scrutiny of this proposition completely undermines its claims to validity. The Southern gentleman, who was supposed to be a gallant, aristocratic hero, was a craven degenerate. This slave-owner would sneak out of his house late at night to rape black women and girls. As light-skinned mulattoes began to appear on his plantation, he began to actually enslave and brutalize his very own children...
...remaining major obstacle is no one other than...Bob Dole. In his determination not to be outflanked on the right wing, he has followed the guidance of his campaign advisers and portrayed himself as more conservative than he really is. The result is that he often appears craven and false, so while his support is wide, it is shallow and unenthusiastic. "The road ahead," he says, "won't be any picnic...
...season's best new series--is in danger of being smothered in the cradle, having to compete first with the closing arguments of the O.J. Simpson trial and now with ER. It's almost enough to make you feel sorry for an industry that employs some of the most craven people on earth...
Support for Roy has poured in from all over the country. Newspapers and television networks throughout the country have done features on this story, and NASCAR driver Ricky Craven has dedicated his next race...