Word: failings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...letter to the New York Times Book Review complaining that Morrison had never won an NBA or a Pulitzer Prize. The gesture was well meant but unfortunate. Two months later, when Beloved received the Pulitzer -- based on merit, the judges insisted, not the public protest -- the honor could hardly fail to be perceived, at least in some quarters, as tainted...
...economic transformation unswervingly." For the first time since he was elected President in June 1991, he is free to set the course and give the necessary orders to his government. He -- and his well-wishers in the West -- will have no one else to blame if he should fail in his last, best chance to transform Russia...
This observation does not mean that people who chant "more women" never think. Rather, those who chant "more women" are so certain of their cause that they often fail to appreciate the logic behind the goal...
...Yale powers-that-be tried to kill their linguistics department last year for budget reasons, only to fail after suffering continued attacks from students and faculty. Other schools are actually expanding their linguistic departments, reflecting the field's increasing popularity nationwide, scholars...
...organization that the student body perceives as a running joke can't do much in the way of effecting change. And if students fail to take the council seriously, they won't support the council's efforts, and they won't acknowledge its accomplishments. As the trend toward jadedness continues, fewer and fewer of the well-intentioned will actually...