Word: expression
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...writing concerning Budd's background superimposed, Donohue's piece seems more a vent for social commentary than an example of art. Not that it is ugly. it seems to be included in Boston Now: Photography, as may of the works are, because of its novel use of photography to express political or social opinion. The beauty of these works may be debated, but their novelty...
...economic issues, and as late as 1976 they gave Jimmy Carter 81% of their votes. But as many as 35% pulled the lever last year for Ronald Reagan, partly because they admired his leadership qualities and emphasis on conservative social values. Cuban and Nicaraguan refugees, in addition, often express an anti-Communism as vehement as the most right-wing Republicans...
...greeting them with a mixture of sympathy and anxiety (lightly flavored with hypocrisy), Americans express one of their oldest national traditions. Thomas Jefferson, who proclaimed it self-evident that all men are created equal, felt considerable doubts about whether they were all equally well suited to be U.S. citizens. He complained of "the unbounded licentiousness" some of the newcomers displayed, and he warned that they would turn the nation into "a heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted mass." This at a time when the U.S. population was only 2 million, and still 80% from the British Isles...
Immigrants struggling to make good in the U.S. often express dismay at what they see around them. "Many American values and customs which are very much part of the American way of life are seen (by Indians) as 'evil,' " writes Parmatma Saran, associate professor of sociology at Baruch College in Manhattan. "The American attitude toward sex . . . is viewed as immoral." Gaspar Ortega, a onetime Mexican prizefighter who is now a social worker in New Haven, Conn., is concerned about American treatment of the family. "I get disgusted when I see families separated. I blame the pressure of the dollar when...
With the Hertz purchase, United is saying that it is a glutton for cutthroat competition. The company is already ensnarled in the fierce, deregulated battle among U.S. airlines, in which it faces large established carriers like American as well as ambitious, new, no-frills outfits like People Express. The rental-car field is equally bruising. It is a four-front war involving Hertz, Avis, National and Budget. Just as with the airline industry, the major players in the $4 billion rental-car business must compete with smaller companies: Dollar, Thrifty and Alamo...