Word: towards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fear however, cannot stop the march toward freedom. History validates fear as an obstacle, not as an end. Our nation was fearful of abolishing slavery, to the point that it literally divided the country. Slavery was abolished and the nation healed. Our nation was fearful over women having the right to vote. Yet we, as a nation, have gotten through that as well. A nation that was fearful of interracial marriage now has a sitting justice enjoying such a relationship...
Many students and members of the Facultypraised Azru's push toward democracy...
...that originated the investigation -- are still widely expected to go ahead with their two separate lawsuits, but the substance of the suits is still an open question. Reports suggest that the DOJ may not attempt to block the release of Windows 98, whereas the states are apparently leaning toward that option. Microsoft is scheduled to ship Windows 98 to manufacturers on Friday...
...deep psychological meaning: the need to believe that we are not lost in time, that we are going somewhere and that we can glimpse where. We will feel a little forlorn having to look back to the year 2000. But soon enough, the predictions will start reaching toward...
...language freshening, grew up and left home. No longer did I have any way of knowing that Colorado College students called cadets at the nearby Air Force Academy "zoomies" or that the way to end a conversation you no longer had any interest in was to flip a palm toward the speaker and say, "Talk to the hand." If I'm desperate for the latest ghetto slang these days, I'm reduced to lurking on the subway near clots of beautifully turned-out white boys who are trying to sound like cool dudes as they chat on their...