Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With its emphasis on various forms of historical and social injustice, liberal rhetoric can be dazzlingly eloquent, blindingly inspiring. When we start talking about controversial policies regarding gay rights or rape or the distribution of wealth, feelings run so high that rational acknowledgment of the opposition can seem insensitive--almost degrading to the issues at hand. But the very severity of these issues demands that we clear the sparkles from our eyes for long enough to treat them more thoroughly and even-handedly than this emotionalism allows...
...done a lot with what we have," Merriweather says. "The other Ivy League schools, with the exception of Harvard, don't seem to have the same problems with funding that...
...quarterly activities fee of the Associated Students of Stanford University's (ASSU)--netting the student government $1.4 million each year--may seem hefty, but a unique refund policy allows students to pay for only what they...
...strikes at the very root of the Reader by ridiculing West's representation of self-discovery, saying "it is as though Georgie Porgie, reincarnated as a Harvard don, stuck in his thumb and pulled out this plumb: I am a Chekovian Christian." Granted, the term "Chekovian Christian" does seem a bit much, and it is used ad naseum by West. One can read the entire book and still be confused as to the exact definition of "Chekovian Christian." But Horowitz's criticism barely skims the surface of either West or his book, focusing entirely on style and presentation and utterly...
...knew these guys, hereto far from firebrands, were looking for a knock-down, drag-out fight? "Gore and Bradley have so many similar ideas, and at a time when voters seem to be yearning for someone new, and looking for a fresh start, Gore really has no choice but to highlight any differences he can find in his and Bradley's positions," says TIME Washington correspondent Karen Tumulty. Even if that means risking the loss of a few voters - and maybe getting into a few well-timed battles. "As Bradley runs to the left of Gore, the vice president...