Word: rife
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Holy Land of Jesus' time, the scrolls show, was rife with apocalyptic fervor. Ordinary Jews yearned for a savior who would lead them in a holy war against the oppressive Romans and a corrupt aristocracy, typified by the hated King Herod. Some scholars believe that Jesus was one of many political rebels in Palestine. His proclamation that the meek would inherit the earth was, in this view, not a dream of eschatological hope but a here-and-now demand for a new political order...
...much of the world still honors this middle-aged venture is evident, then. But among some Western nations that designed it, at least, the U.N. today often appears worse than dowdy. To them it looks oafish, overgrown, hypocritical, rife with ineptitude and possibly--as some overwrought Americans insist on seeing it--downright wicked. By this light, the creation of a half-century ago comports with reality now about as much as the cookie-cutter shapes of its East River edifices still evoke an idealized modernity. Budget-strapped, groping for a fresh start, the U.N. seems to slouch toward the millennium...
Though there is no definitive explanation for this paradox. Many students suggest that on a campus rife with fears of and discussion about racial self-segregation, it is difficult to hold onto two ethnic identities...
...rumor mill began humming after Michael Jordan showed up for three straight practice sessions with his old team the Chicago Bulls. "I have decided to end my baseball career," Jordan said. All sorts of speculation were rife, and late Saturday word spread that Jordan would rejoin the Bulls for their March 24 game against the Orlando Magic and Shaquille O'Neal, the N.B.A.'s current megastar...
...liberals today, both Black and white, fear that dismantling affirmative action will mean leaving Blacks to fend for themselves in a society still rife with anti-Black prejudice and Black alienation. If racial preferences have to go, something else must be put in place to prove that America is not turning its back on the reality of racial inequality. "Discrimination does not justify preferential treatment," writes Steele, "but I want to know that the person who stands with me against preferences understands the problem that inspired them...