Word: outgrowth
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...basic task of the artist is to explore the human condition, to walk in others' shoes...Participation in politics is a natural outgrowth of what we do. It can and should be a responsible use of celebrity. We have the ability to reach people and influenceopinions," the entertainer said...
This constant canvassing of public sentiment, one of two basic kinds of hyperdemocracy, is a straightforward outgrowth of information technology. The second basic kind -- the one more specifically linked to gridlock and to the budget deficit -- is a bit more subtle and more pernicious. And like the first one, it ultimately gets back to Madison. In addition to his dread of mass "passions," Madison had a second nightmare about "pure democracy": it "can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction...
...wasn't this turmoil -- especially the rebellion in Chiapas -- itself an outgrowth of NAFTA? It's true that farmers there will suffer as protective trade barriers fall. But a deeper source of their discontent is sheer, longstanding poverty. And it's no coincidence that Chiapas, Mexico's poorest region, is also farthest from the U.S. and the balming effect of trade. The unrest of Mexican peasants is undeniably a reminder that free trade's overall benefits entail real costs, but it's equally a reminder that the alternative is worse. In a thoroughly protectionist world, all of Mexico might today...
...scrambled. Listen, for example, to the famous finale of the Ninth / Symphony. The "Turkish march" usually sounds like an inappropriately comic intrusion in an otherwise profound movement. Gardiner takes the passage nearly twice as fast as most other conductors do, and as a result it sounds fitting, a natural outgrowth of the period's fascination with martial Janissary music...
...political and it's not amovement. If you want to make some sort ofstatement through clothing, the jester hat isbasically the sillest and most extreme hat you canwear. Also, I suspect that the fleecy material ofthese Jester hats, suggests that the jester hatemergence is an outgrowth of the grunge, style aswell as a manifestation of the increasing interestin outdoor related sports...