Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...well the world's financial foundations will stand up to the quake is a more complex question. Taiwan produces more than 30% of the world's chip sets and motherboards, and by week's end most of its factories stood silent, awaiting repairs that could take weeks. It will be years, however, before Taiwan fully demolishes the wreckage and rebuilds. For a nation that sits in such a tremor-prone part of the world, that may be just long enough to brace for the next...
...glue that binds us together is the common belief in good work. We're committed to the free expression of diverse perspectives," he said. "I see this new endowed chair as an endorsement of the Ed School--who we are, what we do and what we stand...
...senses that Hodge's criticism is built upon umbrage at the fact that For Common Things, at its heart, is not about intellectual arguments but rather about Jedediah Purdy's passionate hopes. The instance of an idealist is offensive and risible to the ironic mind that can not stand to see ideals expressed or fulfilled: "our being human," writes Purdy, "has become a strong argument against cleaving to demanding values, or respecting them in others." One can sense in Hodge the resentfulness born of this attitude, as Hodge castigates Purdy more for who he is than for what he believes...
...must be preceeded by an attempt to understand where this book comes from. For Common Things is remarkable for, among other things, its fidelity to the tradition of American environmentalist writing in particular. Since its beginnings, American writing has been infused with the conviction that the personal must somehow stand for the nation. It is characteristic of what has been called the American Self that the particular events of the individual life are understood to somehow trend towards universality...
...Washington correspondent John Dickerson, is unlikely to create much of a dent. "I very much doubt that this bill will pass," he says, "and even if it did, it would probably be struck down by the Supreme Court, since it flies in the face of the court?s existing stand on reproductive rights." If defeat is almost guaranteed, what?s in this campaign for the Christian Coalition? A presence on the political map, says Dickerson. "There?s a nagging fear in the coalition that they are being marginalized. This group hasn?t backed a winning candidate or bill...