Word: vacuums
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...opportunities constrict, the impulse to blame other racial groups can become overwhelming -- and the temptation to exploit such resentments can become irresistible to some unscrupulous leaders. When elected officials fail to provide effective leadership, says Moss, "the street merchants of hate move into the vacuum." Last week Dinkins mused about his role in repairing the cracks in New York's gorgeous mosaic. Said he: "No one ever knows if one has done enough." That realization could be the start of doing something more...
...baffling the grader or by fencing with him but like this: "It is absurd to discuss whether Hume is representative of the age in which he lived unless we note the progress of that age on all intellectual fronts. After all Hume did not live in a vacuum...
...this vacuum that Hartman seeks to fill. The core problem, as he sees it, is biblically based. "The Bible is full of passion, zealousness and extremism," says Hartman. "You don't learn tolerance there. Joshua didn't convene an international peace conference. He just drove the pagans out. We must find a different way. Our task is to become rooted in the land without having to repudiate those who are religiously and ideologically different...
...didn't just say yes to this referendum in a vacuum," Bonifaz said. "Thousands of people across the country have voiced their opinions that what the Court is doing is outrageous. With this vote, we have only added our voices to the protest...
...house leadership is trying to fill a vacuum in executive leadership," Flood said. The Canton Democrat, who is running far behind Francis X. Bellotti and Lt. Gov. Evelyn F. Murphy in the governor's race, said Dukakis should resign...