Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Geisel himself called the decompression "relative democracy." In the words of a Brazilian political scientist, the 'distensao' was an effort to "perfect the institutionalization of the national security state and provide for more flexible political representation so as to decrease the levels of dissent and tension that had built up pressure." Maria Helena Moreira Alves, State and Opposition in Military Brazil (Austin: University of Texas Press...
...influx control laws were declared abolished, but Blacks' rights to move freely around the country are still controlled by legal fictions, including "citizenship" in bantustans and housing codes which block Blacks from living in "white" cities. Forced removals have broken up Black communities offering resistance to government policies--a perfect example of preventing opposition from mobilizing. Similarly, mass detentions, a constant troop presence on township streets, and a certain degree of dishonesty in the government's rhetoric--all these might be seen to flow logically from Huntington's 1981 proposals. The only thing missing, in fact, is a charismatic leader...
...Tammy Faye Cosmetics Store I was looking at mascara perfect for costume parties when a saleslady approached. She offered a free makeover, the chance of a lifetime--to transform into a Siren and be able to change back after a thorough scrubbing. With four shades of purple streaked in diagonal lines across my eyelids and with blotches of fuschia on my checks and lips, I resembled the "I ran into Tammy Faye at the mall" T-shirts more than I did the heroine herself...
...last thing he said to me was `I hope the play can go up Friday,'" said Prascik. "He built the set single-handedly. "He's really gone through hell to make it perfect," he said...
...notes former Commerce Secretary Peter Peterson. Many economists have railed against these cuts because they have borrowed from America's future competitiveness and well-being. Wrote Peterson in an essay in the October Atlantic: "Unfortunately, since the future has no lobby . . . the Administration and Congress have found this the perfect place to demonstrate their budget-cutting zeal publicly even while allowing all other types of spending to keep rising...