Word: un-american
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...jumping, government sanctioned--and two hefty gentlemen with helmet hair and dangly cell phones butted in front of me as if by divine right and dumped their bags and laptops on the conveyor and forged ahead without a nod or a smile. It felt more than unpleasant; it felt un-American. But this is a Midwesterner talking. We were brought up to be thankful and wait our turn and not think we were too important to stand in line for the turkey and stuffing...
...found, the anthrax letters remain a mystery, the Dow Jones average sags below 8000, and no one understands how to react to the color-coded terror alerts. Now we're told there is an urgent need to take military action against Iraq and that anyone who questions this is un-American. Frustrating? You bet! SCOTT KOEHNK Key Biscayne...
...Senate Democrats—who have been as of yet lukewarm in their criticism of Bush’s foreign policy initiatives—of being irresponsible, uninterested and unpatriotic. Such an unfair characterization effectively cuts off debate by branding all those who legitimately question White House policy as un-American...
...issues, such as its collective bargaining agreement. Under the old agreement, there was a five-year moratorium on layoffs and a clause granting the union the right to determine which cars were made in which plants. GM refused to acquire Daewoo until the agreement was altered to eliminate such un-American hindrances. In the end, the Detroit automaker bought two plants in Korea and one in Vietnam; it said it would acquire Daewoo's third Korean factory at Bupyeong, but only if it met higher production standards...
...same hour on Capitol Hill, Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers raised their right hands to be sworn in before the House Un-American Activities Committee. And so the cold war's First Battle of Bull Run began, eventually producing divisions in America almost as dramatic as the racial ones. That word indivisible is a handsome thought, which we rally to in wartime and generally preserve as an ultimate ideal, but it has rarely described American history as it is enacted on the ground. America is more interesting than the pietisms it lavishes upon itself...