Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...president of Harvard University clasping hands with a terrorist such as Yasser Arafat presented so jarring an image that it could not go without being noted. To imagine that a murderer has been allowed the privilege of addressing an audience at this proud institution and to tread upon ground hallowed by the footsteps of heroes, is surely enough to send chills down the spine of every decent member of our community...
...blacks. This is especially surprising because he has had a good record on race relations. He has stood by affirmative action and supported the idea of the Million Man March. It is too early to tell how much damage he will suffer politically, but he will definitely lose some ground." The current law, which will continue, keeps a five-year minimum sentence for possessing five grams of crack. The U.S. Sentencing commission, a panel set up by Congress, recommended in June that penalties for crack and powdered cocaine be equalized...
With the Simpson verdict and with the country about to turn the autumn corner into the 1996 presidential election, I keep returning to the sentiment that Americans could find, if they were looking, in the old hymn "Lord, plant my feet on higher ground." King was right: The content of one's character, not the color of one's skin, is what matters. Stop defining people by color, by groups (blacks, whites, Asians, gays). Stop practicing the politics of tribal identity. But you would have to rescind a universe of political correctness and poisonous identity politics in order to restore...
...both Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch, as an auteur. But here goes anyway. The Larry Sanders Show, with its laugh-trackless verisimilitude, is the best comedy on TV, probably the closest a sitcom will ever come to perfect pitch (yes, it's on HBO--so much for ground rules). The best drama: Party of Five, a thirtysomething for teenagers and young adults--with all the pluses (honest, abnormally well-crafted writing) and minuses (too much acoustic guitar in the soundtrack) that the thirtysomething comparison implies. And for pure cheese, Melrose Place is indisputably TV's greatest accomplishment...
...White House. TIME's Jay Carney predicts Americans would accept the idea, in part because Dole has held the job for so long, but also because of Hillary Clinton's legacy. "Mrs. Clinton, despite the controversy surrounding her prominent role in the Clinton administration, has cut a lot of ground for future First Ladies. The American public hasn't always been comfortable with the President's wife holding a job." Previously, Mrs. Dole served as President Reagan's Transportation Department Head and later as Labor secretary for George Bush...