Word: popularization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...while the Warren Court deliberated over its decision in the case of Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, popular discussion buzzed around everything from child psychology to the conceptual validity of “separate but equal institutions.” By the time that ruling was handed down, however, the decision boiled down to one fact: State and local laws that segregated American citizens on account of their race violated the constitutional promise of equality...
...wave of bad news: from California, Florida and Arizona, all of which passed referenda amending their state constitutions to ban same-sex marriage. Even as Massachusetts and California appeared at one point to sit at the vanguard of a movement for marriage equality in the United States, the popular tide seems to have turned in a worrying direction...
...Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville famously opposed freedom with equality, suggesting that the passion for the latter would always override the will for individual liberty. At present, we are confronted with an exception to his rule, as popular majorities assert their collective will by denying same-sex couples the equal legal standing they themselves enjoy. While America’s participatory democracy is in most cases something to be elevated and emulated, in the particular case of minority rights, electoral majorities should not have the final word. This is especially true when popular sentiment demands changes in the constitutions...
...think this will be a really great and popular service,” Wones said. “I was once a graduate student, and I see how much time it will save on the students?...
Since Lil’ Bow Wow grew up and dropped the “Lil’,” the rap market has been devoid of an overpaid, asinine, inexplicably popular tyke. Chris Brown’s 13-year-old backup dancer Scooter Smiff (could anyone take him seriously with that name?) seems to be eager to fill the void. In his debut music video, “Head of My Class,” Smiff declares himself to be, well, the head of his class. His claim to fame as a dancer attracts all the ladies, despite...