Word: neos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...introductory survey of neo-classical economics, which is officially called Social Analysis 10, drew 936 students to Sanders Theatre this term. Students said they enrolled in the course because it provides not only core credit but also practical information...
...intolerant or angry or threatening." Indeed, the trick to winning the G.O.P. nomination is to get at least the grudging approval of conservative Christians while drawing support from the party's other two important bases, neither of which cares much about the main religious-right issues. One consists of neo-Reaganite economic conservatives more concerned with tax cuts and smaller government than with abortion and school prayer. It's in that group that Gramm and Kemp feel most at home. The other, which includes centrist Republicans of the Gerald Ford and George Bush variety, is the camp from which Dole...
Germans who deny the Holocaust won't just be treated like nuts; they could be thrown in the slammer. A crime bill that passed both houses of the parliament includes tough measures against neo-Nazi activities in the country -- like five-year jail terms for people who promote the belief that Auschwitz was a lie. Neo-Nazis remain a serious problem in Germany, where they commit three violent, illegal acts every...
Robicheaux, a down-home sort of fellow who runs a bait shop when he's off duty, is absurdly overmatched by the villains, a brother-sister pair of supernaturally brilliant, grotesquely evil neo-Nazis. Among the bit players are several Mafia capos who appear onstage every couple of chapters like burlesque clowns, for no purpose except to be kicked in the pants by Robicheaux and his ex-cop friend Clete; and a pair of career criminals, one Jewish and one Irish, who have been feuding since high school but who will kiss and make up in time to explain...
...brain-child of John Popper (singer/harmonica player for Blues Traveler), the HORDE began as a group of live bands who had attracted devout neo-hippie followings in their respective regions but hadn't established much popularity away from home. According to Popper, it began as "a group of friends doing something together for fun." The original bill was Colonel Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit and Widespread Panic (both from Georgia), the Spin Doctors and Blues Traveler (both from New York City) and Phish (from Burlington, Vermont). Last weekend's bill was noticeably more corporate, though certainly...