Word: singularize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...SINGULAR LIFE...
While Tom parlays a bright lab notion into a megafortune and toys with entering presidential politics, his little family remains adrift. Mary, in a singular--and unlikely--act of daring, downsizes the controls of an old truck and teaches her daughter Jane, now 10, how to drive it, an effort that takes months. Finally, however, the terrified kid manages to tool across the mountains--howling Hiawatha as she goes--to visit her father. Though Owens makes a pro forma denial of paternity, he actually sends for Jane's mother and salts the pair away in a nearby cabin. Now they...
...going to take this lying down. Also, since this is not just the responsibility of Hispanics, I ask everyone to become better educated about these issues, to find out how your officials running for office feel about these issues and to vote accordingly. These issues are not singular to Hispanics. If such an unhealthy attitude towards policy continues, who knows what, or who, is next? If you are eligible, vote and let our officials know that this cannot continue any longer. We have weathered Proposition 187. Can we afford to weather its aftermath...
...Dole says, "a million little plans." Dole repeatedly contrasts his "one big plan" with Clinton's "inch-by-inch" approach. The subtext of Dole's message, beginning with his Senate resignation speech, in which he described himself as "just a man," is that he, not Clinton, possesses a singular insight into the American character, an insight that he cannot always put into words. The hedgehog riseth...
What is liberal education? This question is not easy to answer. But it is worth the trouble of answering, since liberal education is the only true road to wisdom, and since our university no longer believes that such a singular, path exists...