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Word: slaving (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pleasant afternoon fades into a Jayhawk raid on a slave-owning farm. This rapid transition lets Lee quickly establish the historical subtext for the film. Lee's unique insight in exploring a different angle of the Civil War, namely the conflict in Missouri between Kansas Jayhawkers (fighting to destroy slavery) and Bushwackers (Southern guerillas), should be commended. Lacking ties with the established armies, these "irregulars," traveling in bands such as the one Roedel and Chiles join, rode through the countryside killing innocent people and destroying enemy farms...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Not Tobey: Devil Without a Cause | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...Protesters carried signs with slogans including: "In Sudan it's easier to buy a slave than a VCR," "Teachers AID Slave Raids," "Don't Side with Genocide" and "Educate Don't Eradicate...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Protest Slavery in Sudan | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...skyline back of his shoulders--and there was an odd cloud forming itself in the shape of a dark bird rushing toward her. She met the angel's eyes again, gave an awkward nod and said, "I'm Miriam. Let me be God's slave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jesus Of Nazareth Then And Now | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

Starting, no doubt, with Cynthia Tucker, who edits the editorial page of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. These two brilliant black people have been waging an epic feud since the mayor took office six years ago. Campbell says Tucker suffers from a "slave mentality" that causes her to be "more vicious than white journalists." She says Campbell is "strident," "vain" and "out of control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second Atlanta Fire | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...have no idea how they'll actually end up spending all those hours. Is this productive, meaningful work, as exciting and intriguing as the brochures claim? Or just old-fashioned drudgery at a hundred hours a week? Is the young analyst an empowered executive or simply a glorified wage slave...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The Boys In the Bank | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

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