Word: lowering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This newer form of racism is a much more insidious, much subtler one that would not even make headlines if its steady undercurrent had not pervaded the ethos of lower-class white Americans. The gruesome consequence of this ethos can be seen in two noteworthy instances: Howard Beach and, more recently, Bensonhurst...
Though many lower-income white Americans would not go to the extreme of exhibiting such violence, they nevertheless harbor as much pent-up anger. They feel that policies such as affirmative action--established to bring African Americans and other minorities to economic and social parity--infringe upon their rights. After all, they contend, they are not responsible for the grave injustices perpetrated against African Americans 30, 50 or 150 years...
Once functioning, Intellipath will lower costs and improve communications flexibility at the University, Blaisdell said. And starting next September, he said, the University--instead of NET--will set phone service prices and control line installations...
...main focus was Poland's economy. Mazowiecki said the ranks of the poor were swelling and warned that production and living standards, already lower than 10 years ago, were likely to decline further...
...imagine drug gangsters murdering both Attorney General Dick Thornburgh and his predecessor, Edwin Meese. Next, pretend that drug triggermen and guerrilla allies rub out almost half the Supreme Court -- say, Justices William Brennan, Byron White, Antonin Scalia and Sandra Day O'Connor -- along with hundreds of lower-ranking but still prominent jurists. Expand the list of victims to include Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee and Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates, both slain, and Amy Carter, kidnaped and held briefly as a warning to authorities who might get tough with the narco-barons. And then the grand climax...