Word: equality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...study, the lawyer's book-lined room, the well-placed camping tent, or the cozy room at the inn or club, with fortifying drinks at hand. But soon a vague unease, a chill in the air, or else a strong shock undermines or shatters composure. No rhetorical onslaught . . . can equal it; the intrusion, fluid and elusive or sharp and violent, destroys all past security." King begins with all the reassuring American trappings: the 7-Eleven stores, the ribbons of superhighway, the town high schools that seem part of an ordered landscape. Then come the hints of malaise and, abruptly, what...
...arrogance that would have bureaucrats run our economy and dictate our daily lives." On some of the most critical issues, like reducing the federal deficit, the document offers platitudes rather than a firm position. Bland cliches give only token attention to traditional Democratic concerns such as civil rights and equal rights for women...
...indelible mark: she presides over a government that is run, in large part, by women. Brundtland's 18-member Cabinet includes eight women, which gives Norway a higher proportion of females in top government positions than any other nation in the world. Says Brita Westergaard, head of Norway's Equal Status Council: "We are not just changing Norway. When people realize that this is possible in the Cabinet of one country, they must realize it is possible everywhere...
...upperclassmen--will be more a part of that school than those new to it. The school maintains it's continuity precisely through the process in which one gradually from year to year becomes more and more a part of the school. We are not nameless faceless numbers here; equal simply because we are all Harvard students. We are individuals, some who have done much here, others who have just arrived. To be truly part of this community--or any community for that matter--is to understand and to appreciate that process...
...biblical genealogy. The televangelist from Virginia, though campaigning for months with a prophet's passion, wants to hold on as long as possible to his electronic pulpit at the Christian Broadcasting Network. Once he is a formal candidate, he will have to step down because of federal equal-time requirements. At the same time, he must try to energize the diverse evangelical community behind him. So last week he rented Constitution Hall in Washington for an elaborate production of music and exhortation beamed by satellite to invited audiences at 216 sites. Having repeatedly said he needed divine guidance about seeking...