Word: moderns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nicholson, one of five fellows at the center lecturing this year, addressed a small audience in the Sperry Room. The event, titled "I am Modern, Hear Me Roar: The Emergence of the Psychological Self in the Early 20th Century United States," included readings by Nicholson of her book in progress...
...abandoned his perch at one the largest book publishers in the country, he pulled off one of the savviest promotional stunts of his career--an idea even more inspired than his Primary Colors campaign. And to avoid direct criticism, he even had some of the most venerable names in modern literature and literary theory do his work...
Sanger strongly condemned charities and philanthropy helping poor, minority communities: "The most serious charge that can be brought against modern 'benevolence' is that it encourages the perpetuation of defectives, delinquents, and dependents." She also said, "Instead of increasing and aiming to eliminate the stocks that are most detrimental to the future of the race and the world, it [charity] tends to render them to a menacing degree dominant...
Ever visit the natural human habitat, a hunter-gatherer society? Very little privacy. And very little child abuse. And little extramarital sex--at least, compared with the possibilities offered by modern anonymity. In parts of Liverpool, England, blood tests showed that 1 in 4 kids had a biological father other than the father of record. Among the !Kung San hunter-gatherers of Africa, the figure was just 1 in 50--and that was without modern contraceptive technology...
...sense Hillary Clinton sets a standard, dictating how modern American women will be expected to behave in circumstances similar to hers. If she stays with Bill Clinton, she sends a message that it's normal for men in power to chase girls and that it's proper to stand by your husband regardless of his lies. By staying, Hillary indicates that women should put up with the kind of contempt Clinton has shown. Leaving would demonstrate that women are no longer willing to be married to self-obsessed little boys who don't know how to keep their pants zipped...