Word: wings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...battle for definition needs to be fought over more than the words "liberal" and "conservative." Many terms and expressions used as part of the common American political dialogue contain a prior subjective definition which skews their meaning automatically to the right. During the next four years, the right wing will continue to hold the language of politics hostage. The following is a glossary of the continuing political re-definitions of some old words...
DEMOCRATIZATION: this has been the justification for Republican foreign policy initiatives in the Third World. It is loosely based upon the Monroe Doctrine and its alleged goal is to keep Communism out of the Western hemisphere. In reality, this is the rationale used by Republican administrations to support right-wing dictatorships in developing nations. This often means--as in the case of Nicaragua--trying to overthrow a democratically-elected government and replacing it with a band of right-wing mercenaries. This is the strategy for increasing AMERICAN CORPORATE INVESTMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD...
...closest race of the night was the 500 freestyle. Freshman Tom Peterson edged out Brown's Gary Wing with a time...
...France It Works." A month later two accidents in French nuclear power plants injured seven workers and polls showed that one out of three French citizens were against nuclear power. Although the accidents were covered in the American press, NBC News didn't mention the accidents. The left-wing media watchdog Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting pointed out that since 1986, NBC has been owned by General Electric, the second largest nuclear power producer in the U.S. G.E. didn't write the documentary, or control how the French accidents were covered, but if you were an NBC reporter or news...
...Strydom belonged to the neofascist Afrikaner Resistance Movement (A.W.B.), whose members openly whip up racial feelings. Public shock led the government to ban a still more radical group, the tiny so-called B.B.B., or White Liberation Movement, as a clear warning to the A.W.B. and other avowed right-wing groups that the government wants them to tone down their militancy...