Word: thrust
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...original thrust of affirmative action was unambiguously color-blind. In the Civil Rights Act of 1964, "affirmative action" refered to acts such as hiring or reinstatement of employees that a court would order an employer found guilty of actual discrimination to take. Otherwise, employers were explicitly not required to grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race on account of a racial imbalance or disparity among employees...
...toward [the user] at tremendous speed, increasing in size as they approach." He doesn't mention that this peculiar sensation can happen stone-cold-sober when trying to get an autograph at Disney World. I was seven. I was so excited. I walked right up to the Mouse and thrust a pen in his face. Suddenly, I heard a disconcertingly masculine voice emanating from the oversized plastic head, and it spoke to me. It spoke to me. And it said: "Look, kid, my hands are too big." Talk about sensory dissonance...
Opposition to these proposed changes is coming from unexpected quarters, including New York's John Cardinal O'Connor. He rightly argues that the paring back of benefits is "immoral in its virtually inevitable consequences." Indeed, the new legislative thrust is ludicrously incompatible with a pro-family stance. However, the ongoing discussion provides an important opportunity to reformulate the terms of the debate and to devise new strategies to help the poor. Clearly any solution must provide for a degree of self-sufficiency if it is to be politically palatable. The system as it currently exists is structurally flawed and perpetuates...
That indecision is symptomatic of a deeper problem: Zedillo's inability so far to craft a consistent policy on anything. A technocrat and former Education Minister thrust into the top spot almost by accident, Zedillo seems torn between the hard-liners (``dinosaurs'') and reformers in the P.R.I., veering first one way, then another. He may learn, and he will have to do a delicate balancing act in any case. But for the moment, all his moves keep bringing up that deadly question: Que onda...
...contained, but the opening salvo two weeks ago sounded serious. Because Beijing refused to crack down on pirate manufacturers, the U.S. imposed a 100% tariff on $1 billion worth of Chinese goods. Beijing retaliated with punitive tariffs of its own on U.S. consumer products. It looked as if the thrust and parry might lead to a full- scale duel. But the two sides announced that the tariff increases would not go into effect until Feb. 26. This week they will try to head them off altogether by reopening negotiations...