Word: turned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Only a serious long-term strategy for bringing democracy to Iraq and for ousting Saddam Hussein from power can serve the interests of America, of the Iraqi people and of world peace. If and when the current crisis subsides, it is to this dilemma we should turn our attention...
...true that at this point the American public does not support a full-scale war with Iraq. Therefore, President Clinton as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ought to turn his power of persuasion on the electorate to explain why such action, while unpalatable, is necessary for maintaining the balance of power in the Middle East and the world...
...right mitigated by circumstances, by how well the two know each other, by how much they've had to drink, by just how much "fooling around" has already occurred. And for too many women, that translates into having the fun and excitement of mutual intimacy turn into the horror of having to plead to be treated as a human being, to plead to save their dignity and self-worth...
...recount these instances of activism to counter the dominant idea that the new "pragmatism" is a paradigm shift. University administrators happily contrast the present times with the bad days of the '60s, but does the deafening silence on such issues as affirmative action represent a true philosophical turn to results-oriented social action or rather a moral failure of the campus left...
...primitive? Then go with Twelve Monkeys (1995). Devastating plague, Terry Gilliam-style. The director gets a decent turn out of Bruce Willis, a better one out of Brad Pitt, and treats us to a spectacular vision of humanity crammed underground when germs and wild animals rule the streets of a Philadelphia far in the future. At least street crime is down...