Word: deadweights
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...D.L.C. is dedicated to yanking the party back to the middle. But neo, the prefix that was supposed to make liberalism safe for Democrats again, has instead made them boring. If a liberal is someone with his feet firmly planted in the air, a neo-liberal is the deadweight tethering him to the ground. Problems liberals were accused of throwing money at -- like poverty, homelessness, urban decay and the underclass -- have given way to two-hour symposiums on "New Strategies for Economic Security: Developing America's Human Capital...
Later, in an attempt to divest Labor of another electoral deadweight -- the party's commitment to unilateral nuclear disarmament -- he suggested that Britain might retain nuclear weapons while a Labor government took part in arms talks. But the conferees, led by Ron Todd, head of the Transport and General Workers' Union, instead endorsed unilateralism and called for the removal of all nuclear weapons and bases from Britain. Todd had earlier responded to Kinnock's keynote address with anger. His temper rising as he spoke, the union leader derided Kinnock's supporters as "all sharp suits, cordless telephones, glossy pink roses...
...Deadweight Loss, a four-member student band which writes most of its own music, will kick off the series of Friday night performances in the Cabot Junior Common Room. Organizers say they hope the concert will enliven the social life at the Quad and give student bands more exposure...
...cater to the child audience and the older crowd, but they sacrificed basic, good B-moviemaking in the process. Rustler's Rhapsody tries to sell itself so hard that it sells itself short. The wild west madcap parody is a building block which just cannot support such a deadweight movie. Without more, Rustler's Rhapsody becomes about as funny as a herd of cattle in Spurr, Texas...
...response to the realization that most of the world now sees the Soviets for what they are. Their government denies freedoms to its people and invades its neighbors. If the West can bide its time and avoid a nuclear confrontation, the Soviet government will eventually collapse from its own deadweight...