Word: failings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the huge foreign-born challengers showed up at Angels Camp, Calif., they filled U.S. competitors with dread. Back home in Cameroon, it was said, giant African frogs routinely leap up to 40 ft. How could such a performance fail to win the Calaveras County Frog Jump Jubilee...
...opportunities constrict, the impulse to blame other racial groups can become overwhelming -- and the temptation to exploit such resentments can become irresistible to some unscrupulous leaders. When elected officials fail to provide effective leadership, says Moss, "the street merchants of hate move into the vacuum." Last week Dinkins mused about his role in repairing the cracks in New York's gorgeous mosaic. Said he: "No one ever knows if one has done enough." That realization could be the start of doing something more...
They can continue to scream into the deep, dark hole that is their "moral malaise" and gain few, if any, converts. They will fail because they have essentially cut off constructive moral and political discourse...
...interview this week, Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III indicated that Harvard's standards might indeed fail to meet the new federal standards. He said the ongoing review could mean "a strengthening of our statements on regulations on drugs and alcohol," so that the University meets federal guidelines...
...should be cautious about implementing national polices which might have unforeseen effects and which fail to address more fundamental problems. Marriage and childbearing are voluntary endeavors. We should not socialize the costs of these personal actions or force industry to bear them. Americans must be prepared to take the economic and moral consequences of their actions...