Word: uproars
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Colorado governor Bill Owens is ticked off, and he wants John and Patsy Ramsey to know it. In a press conference on Wednesday, Owens announced there would be no special prosecutor to investigate the death of JonBenet Ramsey, the six-year-old beauty queen whose 1996 murder prompted an uproar in her hometown of Boulder. Owens also unleashed a stream of vitriol at JonBenet?s parents: "If I could speak to John and Patsy Ramsey, I would tell them to stop hiding behind their attorneys, come back to Colorado and work with the investigators in this case, no matter where...
What, then, if you cut through all the uproar, is the precise objection to Emerson and his project? One woman explained to me that she was offended by his use of the term "Islamic terrorist" because it stigmatized an entire people. Never mind that the term is concretely accurate--there are terrorists who claim to act in the name of Islam. Another argued that the use of Arabic chanting in the documentary demonized the Arabic language. The chants in question were in fact calls to violence, naturally spoken in the language that these militants speak. Another man argued that Emerson...
...most thuddingly boring event in United States electoral history since--well, the last presidential election. Poor Al Gore nor George W. Bush. They're both qualified, but that doesn't seem to matter much anymore; they don't have nearly enough scandal in their lives to cause national uproar. But Warren! He's slept with more women than Ron Jeremy and pissed off more people than Jesse Ventura. Sure, he's probably another Reagan--a glamorous personality, absolutely no idea how to be president--but at least people will vote, right? Now the Reform Party just named Oprah Winfrey...
...Through their recent elimination of the Long Island Iced Tea, the upscale Casablanca, located next door to the Brattle Theater, has created a massive drink discrepancy amongst the four after-hours haunts. Implemented in Spring 1999, this policy has caused an uproar amongst many college students, who find this inebriating beverage to be a quick bang for their buck...
Last year it was the gong--this year it is tiny white stickers. The interhouse brouhaha is back, and once again our friends in Adams House are the culprits behind the uproar. Earlier this month, the Adams House Committee labeled all resident I.D. cards in order to facilitate the enforcement of draconian interhouse restrictions. The result has been an overflow into Quincy House that has flooded both Lowell and Leverett dining halls as well...