Word: lite
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...range of reactions is interesting. There is the usual rolling of the eyes by the kind of Anti-Semite Lite who regards any mention of the Holocaust ("Not again!") as a bore and a kind of chronic blackmail, a moral collection racket. In an entirely different way, there are also Israelis who object to Holocaust remembering, because they think it a sign of weakness or at least of unproductive obsession. Some Jews who favor pressing the case against Swiss banks recall a bitter joke: in czarist Russia, two Jews are lined up against the wall to be shot; the captain...
...major carriers, in effect, stop picking one another's pockets. Where once they seemed to have a policy of infinite expansion into competitors' territories, now they view wholesale expansion as too dangerous. The last carrier to seriously invade another's main hub was a Continental operation called Continental Lite, which attempted to win market share in major Eastern markets. Continental Lite sank in 1995, losing $300 million. Since then the hub-and-spoke carriers have retreated to their fortresses while beefing up their commuter-feeder operations. Northwest dropped Washington's National Airport to concentrate on Detroit and Minneapolis, where...
...note that last year's final issue of Peninsula was devoted to exactly the same subject matter. Perhaps this lack of originality stems from the Salient's insistence on publishing so frequently, whether or not they have anything new to say. If they truly yearn to be a Peninsula-lite, maybe they should tackle issues that are more controversial than Crimson Cash or the future of Loker Commons. What's next? A Salient Enemies List that omits names for fear of offending anyone? Now that would be original! --Chris Griffith...
...truth, it's hard to be a trendsetter when your tastes are more or less identical to those of tens of millions of your countrymen. Apres-governing, Bill Clinton enjoys the same kind of lite-FM music (Kenny G, Judy Collins), mainstream Hollywood movies (action pictures) and middle-class recreation (jogging and golf) beloved by suburban baby boomers coast to coast. George Bush--a man who will probably go down in history as the last President to know what yar means--was a comparative hep cat with his idiosyncratic zest for pork rinds and cigarette boats...
...their trouble connecting viscerally with voters, each risks being defined by the other's negative campaign. Jenkins has accused Landrieu of mismanaging public funds, and labeled her out of step with state voters for taking money from a gay political-action committee. Landrieu has pronounced Jenkins "David Duke lite." When the dust settles, Landrieu hopes her precarious liberal-center coalition will put her over the top. If so, her win may go down as one of the Clinton Administration's most impressive diplomatic feats...