Word: phenomenons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...program is designed to combat recidivism, or repeat criminals. Almost three quarters of those who ever go to jail in the United States end up behind bars more than once in their lives. The phenomenon is most clearly associated with a person's inability to adjust to the outside world. Many recidivists have poor educational backgrounds and are often unable to find...
...current presidential campaign illustrates this phenomenon. When the East Coast editors read about Walter Mondale's huge lead in the polls over other democratic contenders, about whom do we read? Only Walter Mondale, despite the fact that the general election is still 10 months away. But Mondale provokes the greatest immediate sense of interest, so the media practically disallows consideration of other candidates ideas or legitimacy. Only if a Hart or an Askew performs well in New Hampshire, a starkly noticeable primary, will the print and broadcast media respond...
...byproduct of this subtle attempt to pacify the American public by sheltering it from the harsh realities of life has producing a disturbing, though by no means novel, phenomenon: Americans prefer banal fantasies and mindless mush to unpleasant docudramas or serious theater. Consequently, when film and television producers make the rare attempt to simulate reality, they generally wind up depicting unconvincing, one-dimensional characters, creating predictable, non controversial situations, and producing stories like One Day at a Time or Happy Days...
First off, it's a very real phenomenon, at least insofar as public opinion polls are real. In the sense in which the term was originally coined, that is, strictly referring to support of the President and his policies, the gap is considerable and apparently growing. Last fall Mr. Reagan's overall approval rating showed a nine-point differential between women and men polled by Newsweek. Individual ratings on issues--the economy, defense, foreign policy--showed similar variations. The Democrats have treated all of these poll results as potential election year gold. Not surprisingly, the White House and the Republican...
...exclaims. "We know each other so well now, we're instinctive, I think. He looks out at the whole rink, and can see all of every thing, even into my head." Against Winnipeg a few days before Christmas, they both scored short handed goals 15 seconds apart, a phenomenon that is becoming something of an Oiler specialty. Consider that Calgary, for instance, has scored 21 power-play goals this year, when the opponent was outnumbered. Edmonton has had 20 shorthanded ones, Gretzky eight of those. Twenty-five and ten constitute the N.H.L. records...