Word: neutrality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Part of the problem may be inseparable from what makes the Del-Lords so distinctive: an insistence on passion when a lot of rock has slipped into neutral, a glorification of rough-and-tumble spirit when much of the Top Ten has all the aggression of a goose-down quilt. "Through the '70s, people became isolated," Kempner reflects. "They became isolated from their music, from their government. We hark back to an older tradition. We have something to say to the people who listen...
...lose concern about the values of the community in which they live. Those seniors who petitioned at graduation time for the removal of shanties, which were erected in the Yard by activists as a reminder of the University's South African investments, acted selfishly. Their request was value neutral. Neither for or against divestment, it exhibited an insular attitude on the part of students who feared the protesters who were rocking the boat...
...modern Vatican is, of course, a somewhat less colorful place, but it remains a center of controversy. Pius XII (1939-58) "saw himself as the Pope of peace," as Kelly puts it, but his efforts to remain "strictly neutral" during World War II led to sharp criticisms of his failure to speak out strongly against the Nazis. Despite the claims of Pius' defenders that he did speak out, Kelly concludes, "What remains clear is that the veiled or generalized language traditional to the curia was not a suitable instrument for dealing with cynically planned world domination and genocide...
...defeat of the amendment means that the Irish Republic is one of only a handful of countries in the world where divorce is still illegal. Malta and the Philippines are others. The setback weakens FitzGerald's chances of re- election in 1987. Though the opposition Fianna Fail party remained neutral on the referendum, it made clear its opposition to the amendment. The Prime Minister's failure to legalize divorce could thus hasten his departure from power...
Proponents of tax reform know that once the Senate starts making exceptions for one interest group, the whole package will unravel. The best protection against major amendments is the requirement that the bill be revenue neutral: it must neither lose nor raise revenue over a five-year period. Anyone who offers an amendment that costs revenue is virtually obliged to propose another way to make up the lost money. Thus preserving one Senator's sacred cow would mean goring another...