Word: good
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...says Topor. "But we were just raising it as one possible interpretation and using it to make a point. And the law says that anyone who encourages a crime is culpable. We all depend on each other to act when we get into trouble." And that applies to good Germans in the Nazi era or nice guys sitting in a bar. "If you and I abdicate," says Topor, "the bad guys...
Sometimes the bad guys get put in the docket: the bad guy lurking in any man ready to act on his suspicion that an attractive woman is his for the taking. Sometimes the good guys, like the Accused team, win a small victory for women: women who should not ever have to decide, on pain of assault, whether they are good women or bad ones, victims or vamps...
...understand the difference between going negative and adequately countering his opponent's scurrilous charges. The primaries also taught him to avoid saying anything of consequence. Bruce Babbitt talked about raising taxes, and he vanished. Richard Gephardt pounded protectionism, and he vanished too. Dukakis yammered on about partnerships and "good jobs at good wages," and he survived. This lesson too he carried into the general election, opting for bottomless bromides and hackneyed slogans...
...should be President. Today his answer remains inchoate. The failing of his candidacy has more to do with the candidate himself than with poor strategy, inept aides, stylized debates, TV commercials or even George Bush. Dukakis is a decent, rational, hardworking man, dedicated to public service and the common good. But he never understood the office he sought. The presidency requires a leader who can forge an emotional bond with the people and act as a vehicle for their aspirations. Dukakis is no dreamer. His visions run to high-speed trains from New York City to Boston, not spaceships...
...time redefined the American dream for everyone. That empire of their own thus became a mighty colonial power in the world of ideas. Not only does Gabler restore to these pioneers their full, fractious humanity, but he also makes a rigorous case for their importance as shapers, for good and ill, of a century's sensibility...