Word: target
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...swelling bureaucracy following the Second Vatican Council. When deficits began looming in 1981, Pope John Paul named a council of Cardinals to seek remedies. In issuing a public accounting now, the Cardinals say, they seek to "show the need for an effective financial contribution" from the faithful. An obvious target: the U.S., which provides more donations than any other nation...
...conversation with a client, Inman-Ebel picks out target sounds to change: "We identify every single word that labels you as Southern, and you're going to practice them inside out and upside down till you correct them...
...throwback to the fire-and-brimstone preachers of old, Swaggart was ever attacking sin, especially sexual immorality and such manifestations as rock 'n' roll, through which First Cousin and Childhood Chum Jerry Lee Lewis had won fame. Pornography, another pet target, constituted a form of "addiction," he proclaimed. Those who sell it "represent the worst our great nation has to offer, the scum on an otherwise tranquil pond...
...random attacks are increasingly commonplace. According to gay-rights groups, hate-motivated assaults have nearly tripled in recent years. In New York City, reported attacks on gays, probably a tiny fraction of the total, jumped from 176 in 1984 to 517 last year. While homosexuals have always been a target of abuse, gay activists attribute the rising violence to the AIDS epidemic and a conservative backlash. "AIDS has provided a green light to the bashers and the bigots," says Kevin Berrill of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "It's a convenient excuse for those who hate...
...police provide squad-car escorts, but they cannot follow every bus. Besides, they often become targets themselves. Bottles are routinely hurled at patrol cars, and a shopping cart, an automobile transmission and even a refrigerator have been heaved out of high-rise windows, narrowly missing the cruisers. The Guardian Angels have taken to patrolling the buses, but drivers complain that the red-bereted figures make them a more attractive target. On the Guardians' first bus patrol two weeks ago, Founder Curtis Sliwa and his squad hit the deck along with terrified passengers when a lead pipe smashed through a window...