Word: verbally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Feelings have been missing from recent discussions of race--real feelings, I mean, not the verbal position papers of professional ranters. Since the days of "black and white together" (who sings that anymore?), race talk has descended to bloviations of theories, bigotries and blame, especially blame. Once we thought it would be simple. Thurgood Marshall predicted the end to all school segregation within five years of Brown v. Board of Education. Now we live with thwarted expectations and the sort of intellectual meanness that goes with disappointed hopes. Integration, the best idea this country ever had, dares not speak...
...indicated that sarin was "available" and offered what CNN took to be a confirmation that the deadly gas was used. He now says that he never had any direct knowledge that sarin was used, never meant to confirm its use and only heard about it later through "rumors" or "verbal statements...
...relate to. His pediatrician mothers don't save the lives of 30 cholera-stricken infants a day, nor do his scientist fathers discover life-saving cures for cancer. They are normal parents who read to their kids when ill, cancel vacation plans without too much ado, have a verbal fight or two without getting distraught over it. Byers' characters are not larger than life, despite their whimy--they're just about life size...
...genuine sense of discomfort in media ranks" that Starr would simply name names so easily. Even more discomforting for the all-day news networks: Their grand jury sources have suddenly dried up. For once, no one knows in advance which witness will appear Tuesday. Looks like Johnson's verbal spanking is working already...
Chinese nationals celebrated their president'svisit by waving China's bright red flags alongsidethe Star-Spangled Banner. Chanting "One China,"supporters lined the streets around SandersTheatre and exchanged verbal volleys withanti-Jiang protesters...