Word: ethnicity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...expanding mental health services, greatly increasing the state's budget surplus with no real rise in taxes. But his steady scrapping with the legislature hindered him from accomplishing even more. His stubborn streak also showed during the primaries, when he refused for two days to apologize for his notorious "ethnic purity" remark?and finally did so under intense pressure from black leaders...
...Ethnic pluralism for Crimson letter writer, Martin Kilson...
Many congressmen-elect pointed out their unique personal characteristics. At Quincy House, Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) stressed that he would be "the first ethnic Hawaiian on the floor of Congress...
...teacher is an old pro, Eddie Waters (Milo O'Shea), whose last laugh seems to have sunk long ago in the still pond of his face. As his students sprint through their routines - ethnic, absurdist one-liners, god-awful - Eddie offers his philosophy of comedy: "A true joke has to do more than release tension, it has to liberate the will and the desire, it has to change the situation...
...writers (De Rochemont is also a movie producer), are primarily interested in quality rather than quantity. Their bias is clearly Continental but they are not snobs. They can generalize that American cooking is basically overcooked and underseasoned, but they also discriminate between cuisine and good cooking-especially food with ethnic influences like Tex-Mex, creole and soul...