Word: rude
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rude Republic: Politics and Fiction in theAge of Political Enthusiasm. Stuart Blumin,professor of American history, Cornell University.Sever...
...lived in South Africa, we had always felt relatively safe--safer than we felt here in the U.S., at any rate. We had always believed that our property and lives were secure; we had never considered crime a major problem of our community. The strangling was a rude awakening to the changed realities of our former home...
...noble and vital undertaking, but not an easy one. U.N. forces have, and will, suffer losses. They can rude out these storms, but only if our leaders are able to ride out the storms on the homefront...
...than 20 years ago, before she came out, she was raped by an acquaintance "who knew enough about me to know I was a lesbian. The man said he was going to teach me how to act like a woman if it killed me." Taylor is still subjected to rude remarks on street corners. Tomatoes have been mashed inside her mailbox. Her partner's daughter has been harassed. But Taylor will not change her life -- nor will she leave. "All of my family lives in the area. I feel I have the right to live in my own hometown...
...selling off its office- automation division in 1984 after investing more than $2 billion in it. Microsoft could be next, warns Richard Shaffer, editor of ComputerLetter. "Here's yet another company pursuing the elusive dream of the paperless office," he says. "It might also be in for a rude awakening...