Word: mainstream
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...politicians among the fellows all told a story of political activism during the 1960s, inspired by figures as different as John F. Kennedy '40 and Barry Goldwater, followed by success in mainstream politics during...
...number of his subordinates have been replaced. On the other hand, Gorbachev has restored to grace Marshal Nikolai Ogarkov, 67, who was removed as chief of staff by Chernenko. Ogarkov has been made operational commander of the Soviet Union's western front. His ideas sometimes clash with mainstream military thinking; he is thought to favor more emphasis on conventional, and less on nuclear, weapons. Says one senior Western diplomat: "The military cannot be too happy with the way things are going...
...General since the New Deal. At his ceremonial swearing-in last March, the country's chief lawyer made his new role clear: "This department will be fiercely independent in . . . upholding the law. But this is not inconsistent with conscientiously and vigorously implementing the President's philosophy, which is the mainstream of today's American political thinking." For better or worse, Ed Meese has fought to make good on his pledge...
...20th century, the conservative forebears of both movements were largely in control of American Protestantism. But liberal ideas on Scripture and doctrine had begun to infiltrate seminaries, and steadily gained strength in succeeding decades. Eventually an antiliberal movement arose from a loose alliance of orthodox theologians in the mainstream denominations, revivalist preachers, and emerging millenarians, those who saw signs of the imminent Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Between 1910 and 1915 such groups distributed huge numbers of thoughtful pamphlets titled The Fundamentals that defended the conservative reading of the Bible on subjects ranging from the Creation to the Resurrection...
...from an ideal of Norman Rockwell hominess, Lake Wobegon reverberates with terror and finalities. Lonely Norwegians with whisky bottles lie down on their family graves in Our Prairie Home Cemetery to talk to the dead about the old country. Keillor's folk confront mainstream America with beer and trembling. They are still wagging their heads and clucking their tongues over Father Emil's summer replacement. Golfing Father Frank proclaims of his martini at a backyard party, "Dry. Mmmmm. What did you do? Just think about vermouth, for Christ's sake...