Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Charles Evans Hughes observed with only a twist of irony that the Constitution is what they say it is. Each working day -- from the first Monday of October until the end of June or early July -- the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are asked by specific litigants with particular problems, Pray tell me, what does the Constitution mean...
...unlikely that today's result will be displeasing to politically elected officials, to whom it provides the means of quickly accommodating the demands of organized groups to achieve concrete, numerical improvement in the economic status of particular constituencies. Nor will it displease the world of corporate and governmental employers . . . for whom the cost of hiring less qualified workers is often substantially less -- and infinitely more predictable -- than the cost of ((fighting discrimination charges)). In fact, the only losers in the process are the Johnsons of the country, for whom ((a civil rights law)) has been not merely repealed but actually...
...moving through tall grass. It was a serene illusion. The tawny-green South Carolina marsh spread for a mile, hiding the waterway so that only decks and sails were visible. Playing off the seen against the unseen is one of the tricks of the writing trade and of particular current interest to James Dickey, whose second work of fiction relies heavily on the uncanny perceptions of a blind...
Apparently not. At least in part, Keillor seems to regard Copenhagen as an excellent observatory from which to view the U.S., and in particular one elusive hamlet in the north-central region. A new collection of Lake Wobegon writings, called Leaving Home, will be published in the fall. Until then, the faithful in the U.S. will have to make do with APHC reruns on public radio and videotapes of the show made since March by the Disney Channel. Beyond that, will there be new dispatches from the Sidetrack Tap and the Chatterbox Cafe? "I need to let some air into...
...abduction was a particular embarrassment to Syrian President Hafez Assad, whose forces ostensibly control the Muslim half of Beirut. Glass was the first person to be kidnaped since 7,500 Syrian troops entered the city on Feb. 22, and to make matters worse, Syrian troops manned a checkpoint just 350 yds. from where the abduction took place. Moreover, the elder Osseiran, head of a powerful Shi'ite clan in Lebanon, is an important Syrian ally in Lebanese politics. Assad's troops began an intensive search for the latest kidnap victims, but by week's end they had turned...