Word: decays
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...memories begin with Ronald Reagan." But his optimistic dreams of success don't match the grim reality of a great idea gone sour. The Plants, the nuclear weapons facilities that made his hometown boom with prosperity, are now all but shut down, spreading a virus of unemployment and decay...
Which is Lucas' moral. Inside every frog, he suggests, there is a princess held in bondage. Inside every princess is the clock of decay, which ticks remorselessly until she loses her looks, her grace, everything but her love -- you can read that in the eyes. In Peter's eyes too. They course with anger when he feels he has lost Rita; they moisten in awe when he finds his love in a most unexpected place...
Perot is more cautious. Though he contends that "it's the woman's choice," his disparagement of those who breed "like rabbits" mollifies some traditionalists for whom abortion equals moral decay. But his opposition to government interference in women's lives appeases some moderate pro-choice partisans. In a debate that polarizes opinion into extremes, Perot, the political apprentice, is bidding for the serene middle ground where most + voters are found. That is another reason Bush wishes Perot -- and the abortion issue -- would just go away...
That will require disentangling tough but fair stances on crime and social decay from racism. It will require drastic reform of welfare to break cycles of dependency and disaffection...
...many whites--especially those working-class whites whose tax burden increased in the dozen years as their wages decreased--the conservative response to urban decay has rung true: The costly, taxpayer-funded social policies of the 1960s only exacerbated Blacks' problems and urban decline in general by providing disincentives to employment...