Word: particular
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...pending retirement of the boomers before, of course. You've also heard that Social Security faces some big funding problems. The two have less to do with each other than you might think. Social Security's insolvency remains a hypothetical threat decades into the future. But because of the particular way its funding was rearranged by Congress in 1983, the rest of the Federal Government, as well as taxpayers, will begin feeling the cost of the boomers' retirement in just three or four years...
...communities—is problematic as a guiding principle because it arises from a form of cultural nationalism . Thus, the valiant efforts of Asian American Studies to provide a counter-discourse against dominant Eurocentric interpretations of American history are ultimately inconsistent with its intentions—by prioritizing a particular group’s preservation and ethnic identity via primarily nationalistic justifications, Asian America risks becoming a centralized, hegemonic voice itself. This risk comes very much to the forefront when we consider which groups in particular Asian America presumably represents. Different Asian ethnicities are unequally represented on campus, with...
...both forward-looking and war-weary. He had hugely successful exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Venice Biennale, where he received the main prize for sculpture. The British Council began exporting his work all around the world, and the U.S. in particular responded to him strongly. He became the go-to guy for every American arts center, college and corporate headquarters looking for a hefty chunk of modern art to set beside its reflecting pool...
...show is the brainchild of writers Gazali and Butet Kartaredjasa. The latter, in particular, is a well-known actor, comedian and vocal government critic, who had several works banned in the 1990s because they supposedly stirred up "social tension." But he is back in the mainstream now, playing the popular part of Si Butet Yogya, a character who shares the same initials and mannerisms as real life President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. As the coordinator of a master's program at the University of Indonesia in political communications, Gazali brings an academic knowledge to the program, but he leavens it with...
...neck-and-neck in the polls with rivals Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and his campaign is betting that this stark message is what will put him over the top. And though he doesn't mention her by name, his closing argument takes square aim at Clinton in particular, whom Edwards has criticized for refusing to reject money from lobbyists as he and Obama have...