Word: successful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Indeed, Julia Trotman seems to be smoothly sailing into a horizon of success, having already rounded the mark of sportsmanship that defines a true athlete...
...self, and only secondarily in the system. We have become introspective; a nation of ones under God. This is nowhere more apparent than in the youth that has come of age in this decade--even the community minded among them are often preoccupied with personal appearance and success...
...most popular ideologies of youth--punk negativism, resurgent capitalism, and new age intuitionism--all are inward-looking philosophies, aspects of a narcissistic time. Reagan's impermeable sheen, his success through avoiding responsiblity for anything, has become something to strive...
While there is no nation so blessed as ours, with a natural temperament and natural resources conducive to success, Reagan's vision of a future in which all Americans have a chance to achieve the proverbial American Dream is flawed and Panglossian. His message seems not to be that we should create this bright future, but that it will create itself if we don't interfere...
...stark contrast to Ronald Reagan's prescription for success, which asks us to hope that wealth will someday trickle down to our less successful brethren, we should work to create an environment of cooperation in which all men and women have meaningful opportunities to succeed. After eight years of Ronald Reagan's cold shoulder, we should see to it that George Bush's "kinder, gentler nation" generates some warmth...