Word: equal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...longer subscribed to the deliberately ambiguous "one China" formula that deemed the Chinese mainland and Taiwan two parts of the same country. From now on, declared Lee, Taiwan intended to operate on a "state-to-state" basis with the mainland, demanding that Beijing treat the island as an equal. This "clarification" to Beijing's ears seemed touchily close to a declaration of independence. China, which has always vowed to keep hold of Taiwan by force if necessary, responded with a verbal fusillade. Warned Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao: "Don't underestimate the courage and force of the Chinese people...
WHAT DOCTORS SAY NOW All junk food is not created equal...
...comics history. But protests from readers, both black and white, have shown that many are not ready to laugh at their own prejudices. "Not all black people are hoodlums," wrote a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel subscriber. Others see the strip as antiwhite. "I think you should offer David Dukes equal room," fumed an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reader. Two small papers, in Aiken, S.C., and Massilon, Ohio, have canceled the strip. "Our readers couldn't see the humor," said Scott Hunter, publisher of the Aiken Standard...
...says both sides have turned the argument over affirmative action into "a false debate that doesn't deal with the real problems." On one hand, there is what she calls "white noise" from Connerly and his ilk, who have defined the issue in terms of racial preferences instead of equal opportunity for women and minorities. On the other, there is the unwillingness of some affirmative-action proponents to look hard at blacks' lagging performance on standardized tests...
...expect anyone to help you until you've done everything you can to help yourself," says Redwood. "While we continue to fight against discrimination, we need to do whatever it takes to improve education from kindergarten through high school so that black children are able to compete on an equal basis." To me, that seems like common sense...