Word: ism
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When the prosecution's star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing trial made this observation about his close friend Timothy McVeigh a few weeks ago, he provoked gasps and nervous laughter in the courtroom. The remark was absurd--an amazing, morally obtuse Yogi Berra-ism. And yet it serves as a perfect summary of the argument the defense must now make in order to save McVeigh's life...
...knows how many council members agreed with what was being said [by opponents of the bill] but were just sitting on their hands, inhibited by P.C.-ism?" Myers says. "I think political correctness is an absolute trap in that it doesn't let people say what they want to. The hate just builds...
...prevailing PC-ism of the times says that its okay for me to say 'I don't like Republicans,' but it's not okay for a Republican to say 'I don't like gays,"' he says. "In the real world, it's much easier to be homophobic than liberal. But on a college campus, it's reversed."CrimsonRonald...
...croissant lover who had once commented that no one could be truly civilized without having dined out was despised by radicals. His feline remark became evidence against him. Along with fascism, treason and a raft of other crimes, Deng was accused by some Red Guards of promoting cat-ism...
...stone. She opposed the Gulf War and now says she was wrong. She pushed to capture Somali warlord Mohammed Farrah Aidid, but has been sobered by that debacle. She advocated "assertive multilateralism" in Bosnia, which meant joining forces with the U.N. to impose a peace, but when that fuzzy "ism" became the butt of jokes, she dropped it. What's less clear is where the lessons of Munich next apply. "I would never recommend that the President of the U.S. use force lightly," she says. She follows a "doability doctrine": America should use its military power where...