Word: egalitarian
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sexy as it sounds to claim the free radical (or in this case, conservative) voice inside and act as if the egalitarian future is now, the ties that bind are still binding. And for the time being, maybe we can look for freedom elsewhere...
...evolved from open hostility to an acceptance that, in some form or another, it's here to stay, and that to campaign on a platform of scaling it back is politically fraught. The Coalition has realized, says Medibank architect Deeble, "that Australians like Medicare. They see it as an egalitarian system that helps not just them but everybody...
...dozen Juan Valdez cafes are open in Colombia, with plans for as many as 300 worldwide by 2007. The federation has even created a private company to run the coffee-shop business, with an IPO on the horizon. (The federation's egalitarian goal: to have each member of the growers' cooperative receive at least one share.) Still, Starbucks, with some 8,300 outlets standing, should hardly be shaking in its boots...
Joint custody blues are a sign of the times, a by-product of egalitarian marriages between working moms and involved dads, replacing the old "tender years" policy, in which mothers were routinely awarded primary custody and fathers were relegated to visitation. The reasoning behind joint custody sounds sensible. Divorce is traumatic for kids; why have them suffer the additional pain of losing a parent? Moreover, studies show children do better when two parents are involved. Kids have higher self-esteem, better grades and fewer behavioral problems. Add to that deadbeat-dad prevention: fathers with joint custody are more likely...
...years old; on his deathbed, the last face he saw was that of the slave who attended him in his final hour. The interest in Jefferson's racial views, long the subject of scrutiny, has reached a crescendo in our time. As Americans attempt to build a more egalitarian, multiracial future, we crave a better understanding of what the man credited with most eloquently expressing the American creed felt about race. What did Jefferson think about black people? How does his relationship with Sally Hemings complete our picture of him? How should we, in a more racially enlightened era, interpret...