Word: references
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reading further I find that it is a "minority" faulting the report. What a paradox! Why would one "minority" fault another's claims? Is there dissension? Yes. I refer to one short passage to explain this, as it turns out, helpful paradox...
...State of the Union address in early February, with its embrace of family, freedom and free enterprise, showed Buchanan's hand. He was able to overcome the objections of White House pragmatists who urged that the speech be more programmatic and less ideological. (Purists allied with Buchanan derisively refer to Regan's more moderate staffers as "Twinkies" and "the mice...
...other recommendations, the agency urges people who test positive to inform their sexual partners of the result and refer them for their own test and for counseling...
...voice their intellectual disagreements with Farrakhan. Sure Farrakhan is anti-Semitic and anti-intellectual, and his popularity is symbolic of the degree to which the Black underclass has been de-socialized. But to say as much would be to side with Jewish critics. How much easier then to refer to Farrakhan simply as a symbol of "defiance," an intentionally hollow word...
...former article, Koch relies on the hackneyed deterrence argument--the unproven assertion that unwavering and well-publicized punishment for homicide will reduce its incidence. Though Koch's standpoint is that of the politician cum social scientist, he fails to refer to any studies to prove his most fundamental point--perhaps underscoring the ambiguous nature of such data...