Word: flips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more number two pencils than you know what to do with. After a tense half-hour of rule-reading and circle-filling, the moment of truth arrives. The proctor announces, "begin," the test book flies open and almost immediately, the questions in section one look remarkably familiar. Perplexed, you flip to the analogies. You've definitely seen them before. As a tentative smile surfaces on your face, you turn to the first reading comprehension passage. Yes, it's that same one about insect mating rituals...
What we have here are two mutually reinforcing strains of paranoia. On one hand, blacks are so suspicious of whites that many seriously believe aids is a genocidal plague cooked up by the cia. That is the flip side of the fear that makes many white women clutch their purses when a black man in a business suit gets on the elevator. Perhaps because of their minority status, most blacks who live with these grim realities have learned to keep their fears in perspective most of the time. They know their justified rage can be exploited, and have schooled themselves...
...more interesting cultural developments of the '90s is America's fascination with drag queens. Stemming from the blond wig and impossibly long legs of ubiquitous model-cum-disco diva, Rupaul, and the popularity of last year's fantastic, flip-flop-dress-filled Australian import, "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," the popularity of drag now includes huge numbers of non-traditional (i.e. straight) fans...
...till the end. But the story to watch right now is Dole's positioning and demeanor. Earlier this year, in an attempt to win the backing of far-right activists, Dole abandoned some moderate views on such hot-button issues as gun control and affirmative action. His rivals screamed "flip-flop," but his lead held steady. Since then, with an eye on a general election campaign against Bill Clinton, Dole has stood where he's really always been--in the conservative mainstream...
Still, there is always a flip side. People have enemies--social rivals--as well as friends, feel resentful as well as grateful, feel nervously suspicious as well as trusting. Their children, being genetic conduits, can make them inordinately proud but also inordinately disappointed, angry or anxious. People feel the thrill of victory but also the agony of defeat, not to mention pregame jitters. According to evolutionary psychology, such unpleasant feelings are with us today because they helped our ancestors get genes into the next generation. Anxiety goaded them into keeping their children out of harm's way or adding...