Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When the Chinese students voiced their protest, I understood where they were coming from," Dunster resident Joel B. Pollak '99 said. "The idea was belittling because all festivities were equated and interchanged...
According to Pollak, who is Jewish, the idea of mixing Jewish observation with that of other cultures or traditions is alien to Jewish practice. However, a number of Dunster residents said they believe the letter was a prank, not a genuine expression of concern...
...fashioned the test that would force them to confront all their old ideological demons: a Democratic alternative to the G.O.P. welfare-reform bill. Day after day, they argued in Gephardt's office. Hispanic members threatened to walk out over provisions cutting off benefits to legal immigrants; liberals hated the idea of putting time limits on welfare benefits; conservatives wanted to throw out the federal guarantee of benefits entirely. They all lost. But when it was over, only one Democrat voted against the alternative bill. "Everybody came away dissatisfied," Gephardt boasts. "But everybody felt a compulsion to act together...
...People decided it would be a good idea because a criticism of women's groups is that they hold conferences and then never follow up on them," she said...
...staff editorial went on to fault President Clinton for "governing from the middle," a pejorative phrase only in those zip codes where people actually find those "Mr. Jenkins" Tanqueray Ginads funny. While Bob Dole's big idea for a tax cut has been derided, elite quarters have also sneered at President Clinton's collection of little ideas. No, V-chips, school uniforms, curfews and food safety may not make liberals' mouths water in the way that universal health care coverage did. However, Clinton's assortment of pygmy proposals makes a real difference in people's lives...