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After the Civil War, speculator Jim Fisk attempted to corner the gold market. The price escalated until President U.S. Grant stepped in and unloaded $4 million worth of Government gold certificates. The tactic worked, but prices on the stock exchange kept on plummeting for two years. The small investor, as always, suffered the most. But it was Fisk whose complaint entered history: "A fellow can't have a little innocent fun, without everyone raising a haloo and going wild...
...reactionary conservatism or his own self-defined "PW" (politically wrong) ideology. Unfortunately, Plotz's cry of "PC totalitarianism" reads as an attempt to shut up the voice of traditionally oppressed groups with accusations of reverse discrimination. Systematically bombasting the grievances of the underclass, his is a clever and insidious tactic which, like it or not, serves the same purpose as old-fashioned bigotry...
Applications are simple: The tactic here is to lecture on general formulas and theory all semester and then give important applications as problems on the exam. This assumption is that this exercise is a good simulation of real physics...
While the idea of outing a fellow gay used to be considered repellent under any circumstances, the tactic has become increasingly acceptable to mainstream homosexual leaders. It is practiced by some gay publications, and its propriety has even been debated in the corridors of Congress. Last June, when Republicans falsely implied that House Speaker Tom Foley was gay, Representative Barney Frank threatened to expose Republican officeholders who really are homosexual. Few in Washington doubted that there were such officials, or that Frank, an acknowledged gay, would be able to name them. Republicans were already keenly aware of the ironic fates...
Frustrated by the slow pace of civil rights and the relentless spread of AIDS, activists adopt a fierce tactic to expose closeted gay politicians and clergy who obstruct the movement...