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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Meanwhile there are injustices in our lives. There is violation of the law. The rights provided under our constitution are being infringed. There are corruption, bureaucratic stagnation and endless shortages. We are fighting these things, fighting against the cowardly phrase "What if . . . ?" that wallows in our minds and hinders us. Yet there is progress...
...level growing up in San Diego has been exaggerated -- Conner's father was a Convair engineer who dabbled in commercial fishing -- but by yachting standards Dennis qualified as a foundling. Filthy terms like "boat nigger" seem to come easily to these folks' gooey white lips, and Conner uses that phrase to describe his beginnings. The way "some kids hang around pool halls," Conner says he hung around the marinas begging rides. At 44 he still likes to refer to sailing as a "good way to hang out." A junior membership was finally extended by the San Diego Yacht Club...
This, to borrow a phrase, is "arrogance cloaked as humility." I do not question the authenticity of Grossman's concern for an underprivileged group. Indeed, I find it laudable. But when such concern is untempered by considered reflection it can lead to irresponsible conclusions, in this case the assertion that Mexican laborers are slaves. This assertion is insulting for three reasons...
...wasn't so pretentious and disgusting, Zed could almost be a parody of dialectic, throwing up (not an idly chosen phrase) contrasts and parallels that intertwine to infinite degrees. Instead, it is a celebration of decay and death...
...never understood "local bragging rights." Maybe that's because Harvard hasn't claimed the 'Pot in my four years here. From my vantage point the phrase sounds like one that gangs fighting for the same turf might...