Word: uppityness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Race relations do indeed present an insurmountable problem. Difficulties will surface as long as eggheads exist (which is basically forever). Removing uppity eggheads may fix matters in the short run, but there are many more out there to take their places.
He's the best, although perhaps not the only, reason to see Patriot Games, which is a sort of sequel to the successful adaptation of another Tom Clancy thriller, The Hunt for Red October. Ford replaced Alec Baldwin, who played sometime cia intelligence analyst Jack Ryan in the earlier movie...
Conflict-of-interest charges are nothing new for political spouses, especially wives. They are easy to make and hard to refute, and can obscure a hidden intent to put an uppity woman in her place. "This is the sort of thing that happens to women who have their own careers...
Of all the obstacles to success that inner-city black students face, the most surprising -- and discouraging -- may be those erected by their own peers. Many children must also cope with broken families, inadequate schools and crumbling communities that do not value academic achievement as essential to survival and prosperity...
Bina Ramani, an uppity fashion designer from India, is currently touring the U.S. She was at Harvard, one recent Friday night, and I sat through her revolting fashion show. The event was presented by Dudley House with the cooperation of Air India.