Word: wordly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...expect the same scrutiny of our white leaders. That many Black leaders are the victims of unfair accusations is a truism. To cry (or fear cries of) racism like some Pavlovian response because one dares to treat Black politicians primarily as office-holders--and secondarily as Blacks--dilutes the word "racist" and undermines attempts for racial objectivitiy in our political debates...
...right, of course, about the third alternative, and a very sensible one it is--working out some system of fooling the grader, although I think I should prefer the word "impressing." We admit to being impressionable, but not to being hyper-credulous simps. His first two tactics for system beating, his Vague Gerneralities and Artful Equivocations, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...
...sitcom segment that earned Castillo his few minutes of fame, and adds poignancy to what came before and after those golden moments on national TV. Castillo's flamboyant plumage and mating behaviors seem dated and may not appeal to readers who now find machismo to be a dirty word. Hijuelos deflects this prejudice with sensitivity and a charged style that elevates stereotype into character. His hero may have urgent appetites and simple tastes, but he gives as much pleasure as he receives. In addition, his story strikes resonant chords when told against the rich cultural fusion of postwar New York...
...Veracruz but because in order to maintain the type of relationship with Mexico that the U.S. has had over the past 60 years, the U.S. is going to have to do much more. The U.S. is going to have to pay a higher price in every sense of the word: more money, more attention, more time, more effort for the luxury of having a stable and friendly neighbor...
...sure I've said my share of words that perhaps I shouldn't have said, you know, in common, everyday language. But as far as being able to say I can't work an area because this person's a certain color or that person's a certain color, I have not been that way. There's hostility sometimes, say, when you're making an arrest, one of the friends will say, 'Get your cracker ass outta here!' And I might respond with a four-letter word to them on the side. No 'Nigger, this' stuff or nothin' like that...