Word: token
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such sentiments are a far cry from the compliant attitudes of black leaders 20 years ago. To preserve racial harmony, the ruling white establishment offered token gains and piecemeal concessions. But the price for blacks was a slow pace toward integration. The city remains a bastion of housing segregation, with most blacks living south of the downtown business district and most whites to the north. Black leaders are pressing for more seats on the eleven-member city council, where, despite their 30% share of the population, they hold but two positions; Hispanics (16%) and Asians (2%) have none...
Gorbachev's much vaunted charm and appealing slogans have been far less important to the overall success of his foreign policy than his near monopoly of the arms-control enterprise. By the same token, there was nothing wrong with George Bush's earlier attempt to articulate a vision of a Western strategy that will go "beyond containment," but that concept seemed insubstantial and unconvincing in the absence of concrete proposals. Last week Bush made it sound real...
...rings and $2,000 for a plant walk-through almost seem laughable next to the huge sums that can be amassed through campaign contributions. Even though more than 90% of congressional incumbents are re-elected, almost all against token opposition, a bulging campaign treasury is useful to have anyway: it scares away potential challengers, and members elected before 1980 can keep the money when they leave, as a kind of IRA with no strings attached...
...despite these efforts, students say discussion of ethics outside the module often fails to transcend token references...
Dear Chris, here's a little token of my affection...