Word: wrap
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...believes after four decades of communism it is inevitable that people will seek a national identity. "An old order has collapsed, and people have to belong to something," he says. "There is nothing wrong with their rallying to the flag." True, as long as the old demons do not wrap themselves in the flag as well...
...Supreme Court ruling upholding flag burning ignites a political fire storm. But while the President and Congress wrap themselves in the flag, a host of serious problems is being ignored. -- An exclusive interview with antiapartheid leader Nelson Mandela, who arrives in the U.S. this week...
...Wrap socialism, feminism and environmentalism into one person's sensibility, and what you're likely to get is a lousy dinner guest -- someone who will find alienation in a Johnny Carson monologue, pesticides in an arugula salad and phallic symbols in the latest James Bond movie. But in contrast to some of the solemn ideologues who share her causes, Barbara Ehrenreich is a leftist with levity, so don't get discouraged about the title of this provocative new collection of essays...
...Federal Trade Commission has started looking into other manufacturers' degradability claims as well. Barry Cutler, director of the agency's Bureau of Consumer Protection, says "several major companies" besides Mobil "have advised us they will stop making environmental claims." Dow Chemical has reportedly removed such labels from its Handi-Wrap plastic wrap...
Today's news, it is often said, is used to wrap tomorrow's garbage. But here is a tale with a different twist: an article that long ago ended up on the spike now makes a sidebar to the biggest story of our time...