Word: means
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Payzant argued that the city's present-day demographics mean that losing the "racial fairness" guidelines "would not have a dramatic impact on the composition of the schools...
...showed me his CD player. It was a gray, futuristic affair that inspired awe (I still grin when I look at similar setups). But I just wanted the CD player because I'd seen and used one, and I thought it was cooler than a tape player. I mean, really, any given CD looked more artistic than a cassette. It had paint already on it. The cover was art, sure, but when you opened the case, you found another work of beauty, either swirling and complex or elegantly simple, a new aesthetic by which to judge new albums. What...
NICK LEESON Rogue trader beats cancer, leaves jail. Plus, frozen assets mean no more gambling...
...strict environmentalists, ecotourism may be "a widely abused term which doesn't mean much anymore," in the words of Richard Leakey, director of Kenya's Wildlife Service. Certainly, having Masai Mara guides using two-way radios to speed the search for lions hardly seems in the spirit of noninvasive touring. But for all that, most critics concede that ecotourism is less invasive than forestry, mining and other forms of development. As Luis Roman, a Peruvian anthropologist working with the Matsiguenkas, observes, "To be successful with a venture like this, you need planning to make sure you don't overload...
...downtown Washington, Arlington Road comes to a conclusion as lugubrious as it is surprising. It really doesn't earn its messy, crudely ironic ending, however. The ability of terrorism to rend cruelly the vulnerable skin of our civility is its most commonly remarked-upon quality. But that does not mean it is as pervasive, intricately organized and irresistible as this breathlessly striving movie makes...