Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...parents, even harder than the abstract social questions are the very personal ones they confront when they see or hear that their child is struggling. Will Ritalin help? Will it change her personality? Is it fair for me to make this choice for him? Does it send the signal that she is not responsible for her behavior? Is the teacher suggesting it just to make her own day easier? Will he have to take it forever? What if all children would be a little happier, perform a little better if they took their pills like vitamins every morning...
...together in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. We honestly felt that we could topple the racism and segregation that had stifled--and continues to stifle--the aspirations of generations of African Americans. I learned much from Kwame about courage, commitment, strategy and being uncompromising in the pursuit of revolutionary social change...
Kathleen Moloney, 61, a social worker for the State of New York, got into Qi Gong by accident. Six months ago, she attended what she thought would be a Tai Chi demonstration. It turned out to be Eight Treasures Qi Gong, taught by Cunneen. No matter. Moloney has been doing the form ever since. Not only does she feel less stressed out and more able to concentrate, she also enjoys the excursion into another culture. "It opens you up to a lot of things--Chinese martial arts, medicine and Chinese painting," she says. "There's a whole way of looking...
...harder for the slim G.O.P. majority in the House, where big ideas can falter on just six votes. Speaker-elect Bob Livingston and his team are promising tax cuts, more money for defense and a new way of bookkeeping that will do away with the accounting trick of using Social Security money to mask budget deficits. Enacting such a bold program while keeping the budget balanced will mean pinching funds that pay for programs to which voters seem attached, such as low-income home-energy assistance and environmental enforcement. Moderates within the G.O.P. are likely to use their increased leverage...
...more successful than he has been during his four years in the House pushing legislation that mixes self-reliance and a helping hand. He has offered a plan to revive low-income areas with tax breaks for investment, school vouchers and federal funding for church-sponsored social services. A member of the upstart class of 1994, Watts rode to Washington on a promise to reform welfare, arguing that "race-hustling poverty pimps" in the Democratic Party had used it and other social programs to hook blacks on government checks. But he has also defended affirmative action. The G.O.P. cannot move...