Word: rawe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...political statement whose amelioration through pharmaceuticals is ignoble escapism, and depression as a chemical illness which should be treated medically. In an interview included in her book's press packet, she says that when she looks back on her days of depression. "I see myself as more pure, more raw, more instinctive, more in touch with all the evil of the world, more emotional and more attuned." She cites a New Yorker cartoon depicting Marx on Prozac declaring. "Sure! Capitalism can work out its kinks!" This, presumably, is the Prozac nation which the book title promises to reveal: a culture...
...argument: Haiti is simply not worth the sacrifice of U.S. lives. Even an American diplomat on the scene concedes privately that in the "narrow, traditional" sense of the words, Haiti is not a vital interest for the U.S. It has no strategic position, no economic importance in terms of raw materials, markets or U.S. investment. Its army is no threat to the U.S., the Caribbean, Latin America or anybody except the unfortunate subjects of the dictatorship. The sarcastic summary of this position is that "Haiti is a dagger pointed at the heart of Dade County," the Florida region around Miami...
...equipped with fake, plastic decor creating a surreal aura reinforced by track laughter. This seems acceptable enough. Yet Stone takes what could have been a clever idea and pretentiously exploits it beyond meaning. The modern-day knight arrives enrobed in his bloody butcher shop apron carrying 50 pounds of raw meat. His scantily-clad damsel in distress comes down the stairs, their eyes meet and he is determined to help her escape the wiles of her abusive parents. After Mallory's father, played by Rodney Danger field, propositions her with, "Hey bitch, why don't we go up and take...
Thanks for this chance to get the raw truth out. Jerome T. Murphy Dean Graduate School of Education
Shouldn't the temporary or perhaps permanent loss of such ambitious and energetic talents be a cause of concern? Is the U.S. in danger of becoming in a possible future some weird, post-cold war colony, exporting its raw and not- so-raw material -- its educated young people -- and not even getting paid in return...