Word: greeds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though routinely maligned as a decade of swinish greed, the 1980s also produced a kinder, gentler brand of storytelling, one that might be described as "eco-feminist" fiction. The central plot of this evolving subgenre has become reasonably clear. Women, relying on intuition and one another, mobilize to save the planet, or their immediate neighborhoods, from the ravages -- war, pollution, racism, etc. -- wrought by white males. This reformation of human nature usually entails the adoption of older, often Native American, ways. Ursula K. Le Guin's Always Coming Home (1985), an immense novel disguised as an anthropological treatise, contains nearly...
...Mathers is part of a re-creation, edging back toward an open and exhilarating country that was swept away by bad government policy and greed. Homesteading was a tragedy in most of the plains, pitting small farmers against the relentless weather. It was no contest. But then the government compounded the problem -- and still does -- by offering crop subsidies, and those who broke the soil became manacled to a marginal existence. Some still hang on, but time runs against them...
...fighting for the America of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--the mythical America whose real life exploits aren't taught in grade school. Now, after following closely President Bush's Operation Desert Shield in the Middle East, I recognize these real life exploits--exploits of unprincipled mega-greed and imperialism...
...Fear and greed are abroad in the land -- as usual -- but in an agitated state. And so we ask: What should we do about our money? Should we buy stocks or real estate at today's bargain prices? Or is this our last best chance to get out of the markets altogether...
...that is just what will happen if Mackintosh keeps his word. But greed -- or even common sense -- will surely rescue this farce. "There's so much money involved," says producer Papp, "that I can hardly believe it won't be done here in some way." Already Equity and Mackintosh are making murmurs toward compromise. Miss Saigon is scheduled to open April 11. Before then, the warring sides will probably find a way to make nice, make a buck and save face...