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Word: tokenism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Judith Hope, the Corporation's token...

Author: By B. K. Wenceslaus, | Title: Crimson Beneficence | 12/19/1989 | See Source »

...current scheme of maximizing choice produces a less-than-optimal outcome year after year. Either you deny that there is a problem and retain the status quo, or you recognize that the magnitude of the problem calls for action--and not the token action of non-ordered choice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Randomize Now | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

...United States should never have to be in a position of global dominance again, but, by the same token, America's citizens should not allow the nation to sink into a condition where it must depend on other nations for its economic solvency...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Rebuilding America After Berlin | 12/6/1989 | See Source »

...definitely wasn't done by using the service--anyone who tries that can attest to the fact that more cars are needed. By the same token, it can't have been done by talking to the drivers--I have taken a random poll of the drivers on different nights and each one of them feels that the service would benefit from more cars...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Expand the Escort Service | 11/4/1989 | See Source »

...taken hold from one end of Pennsylvania Avenue to the other. Whatever the situation -- the unprecedented opportunity to promote democracy in Eastern Europe, the spreading plague of drugs, the plight of the underclass, the urgent need for educational reform -- the typical response from Washington consists of encouraging words and token funds. Yet voters, especially the better-organized ones, continue to demand -- and often receive -- more benefits and services while rejecting higher taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Federal Government: The Can't Do Government | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

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