Word: clings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kick the prohibition habit? Is it high-minded puritanism that holds us back, or political cowardice? Or maybe it's time to admit that we cling to prohibition for the same reason we cling to so many other self- destructive habits: because we like the way they make us feel. Prohibition, for example, tends to make its advocates feel powerfully righteous, and militant righteousness has effects not unlike some demon mix of liquor and amphetamines: the eyes bulge, the veins distend, the voice begins to bray...
...very use of the term "of color" -- which embraces blacks, historically antagonistic Asian ethnicities, Native Americans and Hispanics, many of whom are ethnically white -- implies that these disparate groups are bonded simply by not being of Northern European descent. Often such coalitions add up to a majority, but they cling to rights based on minority status. When white male conservatives feel harassed, multiculturalists retort that they are enabling these fellow students to share in the sense of disenfranchisement, enriching their understanding of the world...
...Zedong, Deng consolidated his power. In 1978 he dropped Marxist orthodoxy to begin economic reforms he hoped would make China "a modern, powerful socialist country." He and his disciples insist they are creating a "socialist market economy," an oxymoron they interpret officially as "socialism with Chinese characteristics." While they cling to such slogans to bolster their positions, in practice they are producing capitalism with Chinese characteristics...
...I.R.A. -- have moved away from their demand for unconditional British withdrawal and full union with the South. But Catholics in the North insist upon a plan that would protect their rights and link them in some way with the Republic. And there's the rub, since Protestant leaders still cling to their belief that the province's union with Britain is immutable...
Many risk-averse investors continue to cling to CDs, which still hold $1.2 trillion in cash. "I wouldn't say people are nuts to have money in CDs," notes a staff member with the House Energy and Commerce Committee. "The government guarantee is worth something. A family of extremely modest means should have three months of savings to meet immediate cash needs in an emergency. There's nothing wrong with keeping them liquid and guaranteed...