Word: popular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last week, in East Rutherford, N.J., 16,000 screaming teenagers attended a benefit concert in support of a convicted cop killer. Rage Against the Machine and the Beastie Boys, popular musical artists and, no doubt, sophisticated observers of our criminal justice system, were the headline performers. Also last week, on this campus, posters began appearing in support of the very same murderer, touting an upcoming "Worldwide Student Walkout" on his behalf. The posters, sporting a grinning photo of the condemned, describe him as an "African American Political Prisoner." They encourage public protests and, of course, donations to his legal defense...
...Popular Eateries Serve Up Atmosphere...
...president, a popular liberal comedian, and a former senator considered partially responsible for the peace accord in Northern Ireland are among the visiting dignitaries at the John F. Kennedy School of Government this spring...
...separation so that religious influence on political life (which has always existed on the perimeters) will become a mainstream expectation. Gary Bauer of the Family Research Council may run for President. Dan Quayle has already announced that a main plank of his presidential platform will be the ever-popular--and incredibly vague--"family values." When he used that phrase in reference to "Murphy Brown" in 1992, many of us recoiled at the thought of such an issue taking center stage in our political debate. Now, he's returning to it in triumph. Though I don't mean to suggest...
...numbers on abortion are most troublesome on an immediate level, for as popular opinion begins to turn away from the principle of allowing women free and legal access to abortion without restriction, the easier it will be for conservatives in Congress to push legislation putting ever-tighter regulations on the procedure...