Word: grown
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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This year, by contrast, the issues that once split the Democrats along race and class lines--the death penalty, welfare and affirmative action--have virtually disappeared. On foreign policy, blue-collar Dems have grown as tired of the Iraq war as have their upscale counterparts. And downscale white Democrats simply aren't as conservative as they were in the Archie Bunker days. During Vietnam, Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley--the quintessential lunch-pail Democrat--sent cops to bust the heads of hippie protesters. Today his son, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, opposes the Iraq war, promotes environmentalism and marches...
...days, you never saw a Republican in the Texas legislature, but there's no need to exaggerate. From 1939 to 1960, there was one - but he was gone after a single term. When the young Hillary Rodham and Bill Clinton labored here, the Texas G.O.P. had grown to an asterisk. A person needed a sharp eye to see that the cracks in the Democratic monolith would topple it within a generation. The reasons could fill a book. And the fact that it started with Texans' abandoning the old "solid South" to vote for a gray warhorse, Dwight Eisenhower, should boost...
...addition to the intersession trip, Harvardwood has grown to offer a variety of other services to undergraduates, including a summer internship program, social mixers, and “Harvardwood Presents...,” an on-campus seminar conducted once a semester by an industry alum. Students who don’t have time to attend Harvardwood events can stay connected through the organization’s extensive website and monthly newsletter...
Since 1999, Harvardwood has matured under the auspices of its founders. But over the last nine years those spearheading the program have grown and taken on other responsibilities. Just as it makes gains on campus, Harvardwood faces losing its driving force...
...which has grown into a profitable, $21-million-a-year organization, was created in 1994, a time when the Medical School was “really rather poor,” according to Tosteson...