Word: throwback
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...like to respond to the October 17th opinion piece, "Quilts and the Moral Fabric," by Christopher McFadden. This piece represents a throwback to the initial homophobic response to the AIDS epidemic by resorting to moral pedagogy about the homosexual "lifestyle." Not only is McFadden creating statistical generalizations ("AIDS funding levels suffered no real decrease...in the past two years," "the handful of cases...from using infected needles or blood transfusions," "the 99.9 percent of Americans [who die from other reasons than AIDS]," etc.), but he manages to confuse again and again the two issues of homosexuality and the AIDS epidemic...
...menu boldly describes Charlie's as a haunt "Where Cooking is an Art and Eating is a Pleasure." In a sense, Charlie's is a throwback to the era when everyone gathered at the neighborhood diner, with patrons and staff greeting newcomers with...
Over in the AL, Pat Hentgen of Toronto is a throwback to a time when starting pitchers actually finished games too. Kudos also to the Milwaukee Brewers, who have played almost .500 despite a minuscule payroll and a no-name roster (can anyone name their starting outfield...
...advantage as he captures Gotti's magnetic blend of arrogance and affability and thick-necked earnestness. Gotti ruled by gut and fist, and he had little tolerance for the mahogany-paneled sedateness of dons like Carlo Gambino and Paul Castellano, who derides Gotti in the film as "some throwback to our street days...
With gestures like that, she became a walking riposte to the palace, with its narrow, dated code of royal behavior. As has been pointed out many times, she was, if anything, a throwback to the Queen Mother, with her common touch and effortless rapport with ordinary people. When senior courtiers tried to limit Diana or downgrade her, they just looked pompous...