Word: mainstream
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Praising new immigrants for "energizing our culture" and "building up our economy," he said that they "must be part of our one America." "We have a responsibility to make them welcome here," Clinton explained, "and they have a responsibility to enter the mainstream of American life. That means learning English and learning about our democratic system of government." He then asked Congress to support his budget that earmarked funds to help immigrants to meet this "responsibility...
dream," said Winbush, who was critical ofMicrosoft's mainstream market approach. "DuBoiswanted Encyclopedia Africana to define the worldfrom an African perspective. I think from anAfrican point of view, it has to be moreaggressive in discussion of Europeancolonization...
...Many people have lived here for decades," says Hornblower. "And they were content to live here without being naturalized until they felt threatened by laws such as Proposition 187, which affected their health care." She points out, however, that the new push to integrate existing residents into the American mainstream "doesn't change the efforts of the Clinton administration to crack down on illegal immigration." For prospective Americans outside the country's borders, the wait will be much longer...
...proliferation of millennial doomsayers leaves mainstream denominations uneasy. The expectation of Christ's return is a fundamental tenet of Christian faith, so Pope John Paul II has been talking up the millennium for years--but as an opportunity for spiritual renewal, not as the estimated time of arrival for Christ's Second Coming. Many churches are worried that false predictions of the Second Coming will undermine the authority of biblical teachings generally. In October, bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America issued a pastoral letter to their 5 million members, dismissing "wild prophecies" and declaring that the third Christian...
Sullivan says some supporters don't even agree with the store's ideology, but donate to the store because they appreciate it as an alternative to mainstream bookstores...