Word: dares
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most influential [THE TIME 25, April 21]. It is important for the young to see those people like professional golfer Tiger Woods live out their dreams. Most important, it shows that even in a world that seems to many to have a dismal future, it is O.K. to dare to dream. All it takes is a valiant heart and dedication. RASHANNA KIRKLAND Decatur, Georgia...
...brainwashing to which we refer is the clannish, us-against-them mentality Hepps embraces. Witness her view of gentiles who would marry Jews: "How can [Alan] Dershowitz dare ask Jews to welcome those who are contributing...to their destruction?" If Hepps is so opposed to welcoming non-Jews, one can only imagine (and cringe at) the approach she would favor. At worst, Jews would teach their children that only other Jews are worthy of their love, respect, and admiration--that people who are different are unacceptable and must be excluded. Hepps's views could easily incite the kind of ignorant...
...contrast to Dershowitz's claim, these non-Jewish spouses clearly have no interest in themselves becoming part of the Jewish heritage, or making their children a part of this heritage. Intermarriage does lead to assimilation and a decrease in the Jewish population. How can Dershowitz dare ask Jews to welcome those who are contributing, no matter how unintentionally, to their destruction...
What dread grasp / dare its deadly terror clasp...
...viewer and blankly recite children's variations of songs commonly heard in school yards: "Joy to the world, the teacher's dead; we barbecued her head." Yet monotone delivery and eerie visual presentation transform these rhymes into disturbing alien utterances. We watch both mesmerized and repulsed, while the sculptures dare us to pull their plugs...