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THANKFULLY, you're not the kind of guy who feels bound by his principles. The way you tried to bust up that AFSCME union these past few months was, well, neat-o. It's not like they were a real union anyway. REAL unions--like the Teamsters--endorse real men...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: To Derek, From George | 10/19/1988 | See Source »

"I thank . . ." Inman-Ebel snaps her fingers. "I think it does," the client says, correcting herself. "You don't want to come across uppity."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Chattanooga: How Not to Talk like a Southerner | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Finally, another example that left me questioning his sensitivity involved his treatment of the Jim Crow laws. In lecture, Thernstrom stated that Jim Crow laws were partially established for the protection of Blacks born after 1890 who had not been socialized by subordination, broken into the system, and were therefore...

Author: By Wendi Grantham, | Title: Course Displayed Racial Insensitivity | 2/17/1988 | See Source »

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers is sure to generate considerable discussion and debate among professional historians. Amateur spectators will probably concentrate on what the coming decades are supposed to hold. Americans, specifically, have noticed over the past few years that wide swatches of the rest of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Why All Empires Come to Dust THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

Eying my Harvard ID, he growled, "Y'all's law students, ain'tchyus?" He was practically drooling at the opportunity to squash uppity academia with some good ol', hands-on law'n'order. "Why no officer, we're undergraduates."

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: GONZO WEEKEND | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

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