Word: latters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their revolt against cultural matriarchy, these moderns were inspired and guided by two rival geniuses of psychology: the great precursor William James, who had died in 1910, and Sigmund Freud. There is a certain irony in the latter's role: Freud visited New York only once, in 1909, and was not impressed. He acknowledged that America was the first country to embrace psychoanalysis but detested the democratizing tendencies of the country's culture. Yet his ideas had a formative influence on writers as varied as Eugene O'Neill and James Thurber...
...these movies did all right--a little bit less or a little bit more than expected, but in the ballpark, if not always in the field of dreams. But they weren't Gump or Pulp or Weddings, either. That is to say, the sneaky, relatively unheralded, relatively inexpensive latter have probably turned a better profit than the relatively expensive former--at least...
...villain? Why, he's as broadly written (by Tony Gilroy) and played (by David Strathairn) as anyone who ever twirled a wickedly waxed moustache. A drunk and a wife beater, Joe St. George is Dolores' husband and Selena's father-so suspiciously sweet with the latter that we know long before we're told that he lusted unnaturally for her when she was a child and is the source of her repressed memories--and more than deserves the bad end Dolores arranges...
...would enacting term limits shift the balance of power within the federal government towards the President, as many opponents of term limits contend. The turnover in Congress was far higher during the latter part of the 19th century than in the decades since World War II. Yet the 1870s and 1880s were characterized by weak presidents and a dominant Congress, while recent decades have seen the exact opposite. Clearly, no relationship exists between the power of Congress and term limits...
...consumers. One measure would pressure parties in certain federal lawsuits to settle or else risk paying a portion of the other side's legal fees. Another would establish national standards for product-liability cases and cap punitive damages in civil cases. After lobbying by pharmaceutical companies and doctors, the latter bill was amended to immunize the makers of FDA-approved drugs and devices from punitive damages and cap medical-malpractice awards for pain and suffering...