Word: hating
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This may seem rather abstract, but it is the essential reason that a society as incredibly diverse as ours can hold together despite the natural tendencies of humans to hate and fear those who are different. American ideals, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence and codified in the Constitution, are the glue that keeps us together and allows us to form a common culture in which all can be included, a culture that has indeed been forming for hundreds of years, long before the cries of "diversity" and "ethnocentrism" began to emanate from the universities...
...journey was not without its price. Presidents normally hate to take sides in primaries. And Attorney General Janet Reno answered with only a curt yes when asked whether she had an opinion about the propriety of Clinton stumping for a man under investigation by a U.S. Attorney for allegedly embezzling $22,000 from the House post office and hiring no-show employees -- the "stuff in the papers." If it were not for the investigation, Rostenkowski, an 18-term winner, would not need the President's help in the first place...
Before the war, Pipo and a Muslim were partners in a restaurant. He joined the Bosnian Serb army but did not begin to hate until, he says, his mother was jailed and beaten by Muslims. "When she got out she wouldn't talk about it. That's when I picked up a gun and began shooting Muslims. I hate them all." His anger and keen marksmanship drew him to a sniper unit. An officer taught Pipo a useful mental trick for his new line of work: "Don't let the faces follow...
Thanks as much to its persuasive craftsmanship as to its wrenching theme, Schindler's List has already touched U.S. audiences. New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman has arranged screenings as an intended antidote to hate crimes. But no audiences could feel a higher emotional stake in the subject than those last week at premieres in Frankfurt and other German cities, in Tel Aviv and Krakow. Viewers wept. Afterward many could not eat or sleep or talk. Some had been afraid to see it. Others said it should be seen by everyone. Spielberg, less a promoter for his film than...
...object to Farrakhan's right to free speech, and some of his message of Black pride and economic empowerment are important," the statement reads. "But we cannot stand by and allow him to spread his message without confronting the hate and prejudice against Jews that comes with that message...