Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When we started, we saw people outside the classes a lot, but as it gets bigger, it is more difficult to maintain social ties," Tyndall says: "People come from all around this area--some from great distances. Now there are smaller groups within the group who see each other socially...
...believes the proliferation of microcomputers in schools and homes has exacerbated the problem. A powerful technology became widely available without the development of a code of ethics to keep that power in check. "We're harvesting our first crop of a computer- literate generation," says Lunzer. "The social responsibility hasn't caught up with them...
...biggest storm of the century in the western hemisphere devastates Jamaica and parts of Mexico and sends thousands of Gulf Coast residents fleeing for safety. Jamaica' s hard- won social and economic recovery is threatened. -- A scorecard for judging the candidate debate. -- The next President must respond to Gorbachev with new thinking of his own: a campaign essay...
MOMI also has a simple, compelling narrative thrust. It traces moving images from the shadow plays of ancient Java and the magic-lantern shows of the early 19th century to the big parade of movie stars, social trends and industrial eruptions. Some periods are re-created with elaborate props: a looming female robot from Fritz Lang's Metropolis, a railway car stocked with projector and films to recall the propaganda push of early Soviet cinema, a Salvador Dali collage with the probing eyes he designed for Hitchcock's Spellbound, and a couch inspired by Mae West's lips. Elsewhere, actors...
...South High School in Minneapolis, where they are currently very popular, but dismissed as flashy by students at Country Day School in Charlotte, N.C. Traditionalists, who would not wear such shorts even on an Exercycle, claim that standard uniforms (blazers for boys, pleated hopscotch skirts for girls) have social as well as practical value. For one thing, they ease the economic burden of providing kids with money for trendy items like mock reptile sneakers, dressy ensembles featuring bold plaids and checks or color-dunked designer sweats...