Word: idealizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976, after a brief hiatus, it stressed that extreme vigilance should be applied in capital cases since death is, after all, the "most irrevocable of sanctions." But the U.S. has spent the past 20 years trading that idea in for the ideal of quick justice. The Supreme Court and the lower levels of the federal judiciary have steadily narrowed the methods of appeal. In 1984 and 1986, for example, the Supreme Court ruled that defendants were not entitled to special appeals reviews and that striking jurors from capital cases because they oppose...
...record their own segments. On last month's show, South Carolina's underground tattoo artists told of their efforts to legalize the practice of body art, and a 16-year-old Oregonian recounted her hard life as a single mother. "Generation X actively pursues the deflation of the ideal," says Karen Ritchie in her book, Marketing to Generation X. "No icon and certainly no commercial is safe from their [Xers'] irony, their sarcasm or their remote control. These are the tools with which Generation X keeps the world in perspective...
...with the added sensibility gained by resurgence in the 1960s and economic humiliation in the 1970s and '80s, Americans have learned that we are all responsible for ourselves and our prosperity, and this has paid off. That a sense of self-worth is possible for every American is an ideal upon which our country was founded. Perhaps this is a permanent shift, where prosperity is balanced with wisdom and, most important, a notable lack of rampant greed. DAN KNAUSS Livermore, Calif...
...ideal world, we would see the professors more often, but given the size of the University, I see why the onus of seeking out contact is put on students rather than Faculty," says Ian M. Carroll '97, a literature concentrator...
While Miller and Seanor solidified their positions as starters, junior guard Sarah Brandt emerged as an ideal sixth player. Harvard's front-court also looks promising: Freshman Laela Sturdy may have made the most impressive contribution in her limited playing time...