Word: flips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bush, of course, has taken a beating for "read my lips" and other domestic flip-flops (or, as George calls them, "mistakes"). But he has maintained the image of a man of principle and determination on the international front...
...flip through the brochure of Dance Umbrella, multiculturalism and political correctness will slap you in the face. In an age where "diversity" seems to be the key word, Dance Umbrella's boundary-breaking agenda has allowed it to become the largest showcase of contemporary dance in New England...
...longer have a sense of purpose. And part of the reason for that is this culture of distraction that we have which constantly falls in 15- and 30-second bursts of commercial activity toward this, that, or the other extraneous matter. Many people come home at night and just flip on the television, and that's it. The discussion of all these side issues in the campaign, about the draft, for example, represent the same phenomenon. And a lot of people are, in a way, relieved to be pulled into something of that kind because it seems easier than thinking...
Neither Bush nor Clinton has fully accounted for the cost of their competing agendas, and there are waffles and flip-flops on both sides. But the core of Clinton's economic vision is distinguishable from the President's and is perhaps best described as a call for a We decade; not the old I-am-my- brother's-keeper brand of traditional Democratic liberalism, but an acknowledgment that the interconnectedness of global economics requires that many prosper, or no one will...
Vice president Dan Quayle has been more solid in his opposition to abortion. But he's done his own share of flip-flopping. After a highly publicized attack on television character Murphy Brown's decision to bear a child out of wed lock, Quayle now insists he has no problems with single mothers...