Word: tend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think people who hold power in the public realm tend to want to subvert other forms of discourse. This seems to be built into the power structure. And religious organizations are notoriously hard to control--they're decentralized, and they suffuse the society. It's not incidental that totalitarianistic societies try to control the churches, the press, and the universities...
...taste for prosperity, and they formed a core of support for Democrat Gary Hart during the primaries. Voters in the 25-to-34 age group now favor Reagan over Mondale by 56% to 24% in the Yankelovich poll, about the same as the voting population as a whole, yet tend to identify themselves as Democrats. Among sub-yuppies, not only is the margin for Reagan greater but so is the Republican enrollment...
...served as a Navy pilot in Viet Nam, is trying to exploit Jepsen's gaffes with the campaign slogan: "Tom Harkin-a Senator lowans can be proud of." Jepsen has sought to make Harkin's liberal voting record the key issue. But though Iowa's voters tend to be conservative on most social issues, they are less so on matters of military and foreign policy. Harkin, who has won five successive terms in a Republican district in southwest Iowa, has tried to deflect criticism of his opposition to a constitutional amendment banning abortion by proclaiming...
...district-court judge can do a lot by finding a set of facts and calling it equitable," says Howard. "They can be skillful in creating a record to effectively insulate themselves from Supreme Court review." t the moment, many federal judges tend to be more liberal than the Supreme Court Justices...
...most populous Communist state could manage a capitalist enclave, half of whose citizens are refugees from Communism. Instead of satisfying both sides, the much trumpeted "one country, two systems" solution might serve only to separate the two. As it is, the Westernized Chinese of the crown colony tend to look down on their less worldly counterparts in the Middle Kingdom. Such divisions may deepen when they become compatriots...