Word: phenomenons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dole waited a long time before he fought back; for one thing, since the whole Forbes phenomenon was hurting his opponents more, he hoped they would fight off the upstart themselves and let him remain above the fray. But money troubles in the Gramm and Alexander camps--though both have raised millions, their cash on hand is sometimes precarious--prevented them from making sustained counterstrikes, and so it fell to Dole. His campaign staff argued for a while about how and when to fight back and decided to aim a broadside at Forbes (tag line: Untested leadership. Risky ideas) just...
Citing wide-spread perception of government corruption. Bradley called for radical reform because of increased voter distrust. "There are several reasons for this phenomenon, but one of them is money," he explained...
...social phenomenon, AT&T's move is the most decisive signal yet that the old bonds of mutual loyalty between worker and giant company are being strained to the breaking point. Of all American firms, AT&T probably came closest to a Japanese-style identification of worker with corporation. It was once common for an AT&T employee, asked by a new acquaintance what he did, rather than replying "I'm an accountant" or "I'm an engineer" to say "I work for the phone company...
...dissolve problems such as open-air drug marts rather than just rack up arrests, the more frequent establishment of cross-agency task forces to target specific problems such as car theft or drug crime--all are now commonplace. "This decline in crime rates is more than a demographic phenomenon,'' says Jeremy Travis, director of the National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the Justice Department. "Public policy can make a difference. Police can make a difference...
There are two good ways to become famous in America. One is to possess rare genius or, at the very least, an appreciable talent. The usual suspects come to mind: Hemingway, Gershwin, Hopper. Another is to appeal to a particular cultural neurosis, a peculiar demographic phenomenon. It was the latter which brought the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe more fame than he ever could have imagined and, in the eyes of many, more fame than he ever deserved...