Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cell death during development of the embryo is a well established phenomenon," said Bjorn R. Olsen, Hersey professor of anatomy. "It would be a radical idea--a catchy phrase, perhaps," he said of Michaelson's theory...
During the Red Scare, simply questioning the American government made you a Communist. Today, any challenge to traditional, white, male, heterosexual hegemony makes you a PC totalitarian. Just as the "Commie" epithet was used three decades ago to suspend rational political discourse, so today is the catch-phrase "PC" bandied about carelessly to dismiss any argument conservatives find distasteful...
...High Speed, Low Drag. Phrase indicating that an operation went exactly...
...purpose of this letter is not to convince people that U.S. involvement in the Gulf War is wrong or right. The object is to encourage those people who are against the war to take the side that they truly believe in, without being confused by the misuse of the phrase "support for the troops...
...term "indirect cost," once merely bureaucratic jargon, has become a common phrase among higher education watchers. These issues have taken on crucial importance, as congressional leaders seek to clamp down on excessive spending of federal research dollars...