Word: rashly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...either middle-of-the-roaders (about half) or liberals (about one-quarter). But this does not mean, as Yankelovich sees it, that America has shifted toward an oldfashioned, doctrinaire conservatism. The conservative trend was emotional: not, by any means, against all change, but against change seen as too rash, too irresponsible. Race was a hidden but related issue; many voters associated the economic pinch not with the war or massive defense spending but with welfare, with social programs that they felt were excessive in their concern for blacks and other minorities. Nixon played on this with his continued attacks...
...Rash of Penalties...
Against Dartmouth, Harvard was hard hit by a rash of illegal procedure penalties. The infractions were brought on by the positioning of Harvard's wide receivers. The Crimson wide men were called again and again for being too deep in the backfield. According to Restic, the wide men were lining up on the head linesman, who is supposed to be positioned on the line of scrimmage...
...Rash. Little of the Nixon-inspired war on crime has been directed beyond front-line measures. "The whole program operates on the assumption that crime is a superficial rash," says Harvard Law Professor James Vorenberg, former executive director of the President's crime commission, and now an adviser to George McGovern. "Continuing denial of opportunity, combined with the anonymity of city life, is destroying the social pressure to abstain from crime." Guessing that the odds against catching the average burglar "are no better than 50 to 1," Vorenberg suggests that "crime may seem like a good bet for those...
...bruised. The crowd and Murray were mildly amused, but the coaching staff and Hanly weren't exactly bubbling over with praise. In fact, they still make Murray walk into Nichols Drug Store in Ithaca every week to pick up Hanly's prescription for a salve to help heal the rash that developed after Murray and "The Duke" intruded into the crease...