Word: explainer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...true that at this point the American public does not support a full-scale war with Iraq. Therefore, President Clinton as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ought to turn his power of persuasion on the electorate to explain why such action, while unpalatable, is necessary for maintaining the balance of power in the Middle East and the world...
...lexicon of the '90s, "pragmatism" has emerged as one of the most popular words. As the conventional wisdom has it, ideology is out and pragmatism is in. Radicalism has been replaced by realism, dogma by day-to-day action. Pragmatism has been used to explain everything from economic reforms in Eastern Europe and communist China and the shift of power away from Marxist apparatchiks, to the 1992 victory of Bill Clinton and the centrist tilt of the "New Democrats...
...instead of watching men play pool," the group still aligns itself with the all-male final clubs. If Sears' comment is any indication of the historic and prevailing final club attitude toward women ("We tried to get them to understand what goes into running a club. We tried to explain to them that being a landlord is no fun at all"), why, women of the Bee, do you have tea at the Fly as a punch event...
...Words can't explain [how I feel]...you love to play for a nice audience," he said prior to the concert...
...hand, there are some students who absolutely cannot stomach the taste of the Cambridge water supply, and are willing to pay through the nose to avoid it. Cage buys Poland Spring because "I have a stigma about water fountains and where water comes from." However, Cage was unable to explain the presence of a large bear in the commercials for her drink of choice. She notes, "I've never seen that commercial, and if I did I probably wouldn't drink Poland Spring...