Word: southernism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...expected criminal charges could heavily damage Drexel, the fifth largest U.S. investment firm and the fastest-growing powerhouse on Wall Street. Rudolph Giuliani, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is likely to follow the SEC in accusing Drexel and Milken of collaborating with convicted arbitrager Ivan Boesky to defraud the firm's clients, trade on insider information and conceal the true ownership of stocks -- all, presumably, in the pursuit of greater profits and power. Milken's lawyers, for their part, accuse the Government of a vindictive campaign based solely on self-serving testimony by Boesky...
...Liberals knew the battle was over when results began streaming in from Ontario, Canada's industrial, financial and communications heartland. Canadian nationalism has always been strong in southern Ontario, particularly among the intelligentsia and the union movement. Despite the appeal and support of David Peterson, the personable Ontario Premier, the Liberals won only 43 of 99 seats. In the traditionally Conservative West, the results were virtually a foregone conclusion: a healthy margin for Mulroney, but also a strong showing ) for the socialist New Democrats...
...other was the country's growing confidence. For decades, the national debate has been dominated by two uncertainties: economic and cultural survival in the shadow of the southern neighbor, and political survival as a bilingual confederation. Both challenges pushed the country into prolonged and often painful bouts of introspection. Mulroney's greatest accomplishment may well be to preside over the waning of an era of self-doubt...
...third time since ethnic tension first erupted into violence nine months ago, armored vehicles clattered through the southern Caucasus last week. In the central square of Baku, the capital of the Azerbaijan Republic, a handful of people looked on curiously as tanks took up positions blocking entrances to the plaza. Curfews were imposed in several Azerbaijani cities, including Baku, and Soviet soldiers and police stopped groups of youngsters and ordered them to return home...
...consider it to be no more than a socially acceptable way of tapping into xenophobic fears: fear of being outnumbered by immigrants, fear that jobs are in jeopardy from cheap labor, just plain fear of anyone different. Stewart Kwoh, executive director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, charges the initiatives are partly responsible for unleashing a backlash against foreign- language minorities. Colleen O'Connor, spokeswoman of the American Civil Liberties Union, says the initiatives shout, "You're here but we would like to make it difficult for you." Even conservatives like Arizona Senator John McCain oppose...