Word: tokenisms
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...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
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...