Word: segments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...segment of your article on Africa that focused on Mali [WORLD, March 30], you quoted me as saying the government here "understands human capital." To be precise, I was referring to Mali's strong social capital: "something" that makes some societies function or heal themselves better than others. Harvard professor Robert Putnam first developed the idea in the late 1980s, when comparing northern and southern Italy. Social capital is rather like the dark (missing) matter of the universe: we know it's there because we can see its consequences, but it is terribly hard to get hold of and examine...
...public defender originally appointed by the court, remains Mitch's counsel. But Furth says he believed he still represented Mitch's parents (who are divorced) and continued to speak to the media, including ABC News and TIME. On Friday, however, just as Furth was to tape another 20/20 segment in Washington, ABC received a phone call from Howard, who said Mitch, apparently persuaded by his mother, had written a letter declaring that he did not want the piece to air and that it violated his attorney-client privileges. When Mitch's mother refused to take Furth's call, Furth says...
...ladder are a testament to slavery's continuing legacy? Their predicament stands in answer to Buchanan's observations that because we as a nation today are different from antebellum America, this nation has nothing to repent. The point is that the consequences of slavery persist in plaguing a whole segment of American citizens. While we must look towards the future, the contemporary problems most immediately affecting black communities of poor education, illegitimacy, drug use and nihilism can all be traced back to the institution of slavery. And that is why white America, as a governing body, should be sorry that...
...Titanic through the eyes of Rose (Kate Winslet), who tells about her romance with the impoverished passenger Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio). The two run through the events of normal cinematic romance, and Cameron's script presents the lead actors with incredible cliches. Each of the other characters represents a segment of society rather than a person. As the ship breaks apart and its passengers choose between life and death, Titanic achieves an epic grandeur that the film may not deserve. Overall, a pyrrhic victory for Cameron. --Jeremy J. Ross...
...have a large segment of the student body that's sympathetic to Democratic causes," Passante says...