Word: popularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Increasingly, Baltic leaders are hearing demands for "national rights." For some proponents the phrase means full sovereignty, now. For others it means autonomy within a radically more lenient U.S.S.R. Estonian officials are busily planning to introduce their own currency, airline and diplomatic missions abroad. The so-called popular fronts, with their platforms calling for regional self-determination, are well on their way to taking over the power structure. The secessionists and the federalists disagree about tactics and timetable, but not about the dream of independence...
...Washington, a top Pentagon official said the American forces found "chaos and near anarchy" upon arrival in this popular U.S. resort, but the White House later said the situation was improving...
Keith Takahashi, a spokesman for the McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft Co. in Long Beach, Calif., identified the aircraft as a DC-10-30, a popular model in the DC-10 series...
...Adolph Coors' family has never been popular with the left. Its support for right-wing causes (such as the Nicaraguan Contras) and history of acrimonious relations with organized labor and minority groups led to a long-running boycott of Coors beer by labor unions and other liberal concerns. Although the AFL-CIO recently ended its boycott, refusing to drink the Silver Bullet remains a common badge of political correctness on campus...
...those William Safire wannabees who get huffy when someone misuses the word "disinterested," read no further. Popular culture has irretrievably eroded the meaning of the word "classic." A disc jockey at WSLQ in Roanoke, VA recently persuaded this listener to turn the dial when he announced, "Coming up next: A classic from...