Word: legacyism
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DESPITE recent poll results, the prevailing political wisdom dictates that Mike Dukakis will probably win Massachusetts' 13 electoral votes in the presidential election, although by a much smaller margin than he would like. But Dukakis' national campaign has revitalized the state Republicans, rather than completely eliminating them. Whether Dukakis wins...
For many, the very existence of the Underclass constitutes a disturbing repudiation of liberalism. In the '60s and '70s, poverty was considered a responsibility of society as a whole, the legacy of institutional racism and generations of discrimination. But during the Reagan era, the Zeitgeist shifted. Now poverty is often...
Of course, party presidential nominees generally move to the center in an election year to court the undecided independent vote, but the Reagan Revolution has accelerated this movement. With Dukakis sprinting right and Bush scrambling left, it's hard to see the Reagan legacy as any legacy at all.
That legacy of arbitrary measures and seeming inaccuracies was kept alive by this year's survey. Washington University in St. Louis finished fourth in the area of "faculty quality," while Harvard did not get into the top five.
Sudan's limping economy was another legacy of Nimeiri, and Mahdi has not improved matters much. In June, responding to demands by the IMF, the government raised the price of wheat flour and reduced subsidies on nonessential goods. Angry citizens have taken to the streets to protest food shortages, lack...