Word: resentment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...past decade become mostly a source of serious concern. Almost 1 million illegal aliens per year are now pouring into the U.S., and their sheer numbers are both straining the capacity of local governments to care for them and, in some cases, threatening the jobs of some Americans, who resent their presence. What the U.S. must do, says Republican Senator John East of North Carolina, "is to gain control of our own borders." To make a start, the Senate held 100 hours of committee hearings and last week approved, by a vote of 81 to 18, the most comprehensive reform...
...strong woman is only this summer's fashion, like Deely Bobbers and E.T., and that most women will soon tire of sweating themselves into fight ing shape. The disco beat at the local health club may begin to sound as monotonous as the old metronome; muscular aerobicians will resent being mistaken for football players; Jane Fonda will find herself another cause and let her deltoids go to flab. Throughout history, women have been alternately starved and stuffed, and no one can guarantee that next year's body heroine won't be Dolly Parton. But to imagine this is to ignore...
...removed from the L.D.F.'s name. The main reasons: public confusion and competition for contributions. But some insiders concede that the disharmony, which has been building for several years, partly reflects the feelings of younger black lawyers, trained during the activist '60s and early '70s, who resent white leadership in the civil rights movement. For his part, Greenberg declines to be drawn into angry responses to the gibes at his color and its impact on his effectiveness. "Such assertions, to my mind, have no validity," he says with controlled mildness. Of course, he has had 33 years...
...country with so many religions. There must be equal respect for all religions and all castes. This is not to say that there is not caste conflict. There is from time to time. We have given the Harijans [untouchables] new respect, and those who were exploiting them resent it. The Harijans themselves are much more aggressive and much more conscious of their rights. This is what brings about confrontation...
Stavros used to resent it, but now a strange thing happened. . .he felt that the man's accusation was justified...