Word: samã
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...White House. He must have laughed at the C-Span junkies yelling something indecipherable about Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) express train heading back to Arizona. Yet as amusing as this good old American election drama is, there is something sinister and insidious lurking beneath Uncle Sam??s contented conservative front. It is the same unsettling force belying the pleasant satisfaction of America’s ever sprawling suburbs. The commitment to justice for the dispossessed—outside of G.O.P. focus groups awe-struck by George—is as absent as black faces...
With each election, as if to coordinate with Uncle Sam??s status quo political “rearrangements,” the same salespeople parade through the telecasts and the media hawking the decline of Democratic commitment among black people and chronicling the rise of black Republicanism. In his Washington Post article “Survey Finds Black Voters Significantly Less Democratic,” Darryl Forrester writes that “African American leaders are becoming less likely to identify themselves as Democrats.” When Republican Mark Erlich chose a black running mate...
...away from those opportunities that could impact true human change. So when articles indicate the decline of black Democratic support, a fleeting glance at a list of the political parties—and the gaping hole that represents Washington D.C. residents—should explain that disengagement. Unfortunately, Uncle Sam??s probably resting right now with a newspaper, tickled by the reports. But I think that it’s time for him to move, and for us to truly rebuild the house...
Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) cried alone in the hallway outside her high school dance, trying to salvage any hope for a good reputation when the popular girls passed by, making plans for a raucous after-party. Our twelve-year old selves cringed, fearing the girls would intensify Sam??s humiliation. The girls didn’t. They weren’t cruel. The world was safe and scripted. This is why John Hughes’ 1984 cult classic Sixteen Candles was beloved by innocent middle school girls who could hope that Prince Charming went to a suburban high...
Removed from the immediacy of how impossibly elusive Jake and Sam??s magical first kiss is, the movie is lovable again, not for the same reasons it was lovable in the first time. Now we are older, arguably wiser, and certainly ecstatic to not have to deal with the daily indignities of teenage life. While we may be looking for love, we’re more secure with where we are in our love lives and we are not expecting our perfect match to arrive as neatly wrapped as Jake Ryan.We can see more clearly Jake?...