Word: frayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even innocent bystanders could not escape all the hostilities during the fray yesterday. A surprised Crimson photographer, Susannah Ross '93, suffered a direct hit as she tried to take some pictures...
...Atlanta banking family, Robinson, 55, maintains a courtly manner and has donned the mantle of corporate elder statesman by frequently testifying before Congress and speaking out on pet issues like the benefits of free trade. Chairman since 1977, he has managed to portray himself as a leader above the fray of day-to-day problems, which has earned him a reputation as a Teflon-coated executive...
THAT IS WHY "Teachers for a Democratic Culture" represents a welcome and urgently needed addition to the cast of characters currently involved in the PC fray. Unchecked, the dissenting right has engaged in many exaggerations, misrepresentations and distortions, adding fuel to their politically-advantageous fire. We are now realizing how the right has lumped together all too many completely different causes (environmentalism, feminism, gay rights) into one amorphous heap labeled "PC." We are finding out that the content of those "multicultural" courses, upheld by the right as the epitome of excess, were sometimes grossly exaggerated. And, as was explained recently...
Noble responds that her freshness on the city's political scene gives her an advantage. "The way Cambridge folks attack one another, I consider it an asset to be above the fray," she says. "The wrath of the voter that ushered in [Gov. William F. Weld '66] is still very much alive in Cambridge...
...fiendish CRUELLA DE VIL as a Leona Helmsley-esque character obsessed with luxury furs. The ads create "a gruesome picture in ((children's)) minds, making them understandably upset the next time they see their mother put on a fur coat," complains Fur Age Weekly editor Lisa Marcinek. Joining the fray, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals exhorts parents to expose their children to the film's "playful, yet solid antifur message." And so they are. Dalmatians has pulled in $42 million in a month...