Word: denials
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...wonder that wild rumors fly among Soviet citizens. What is perhaps surprising -- and the surest indicator of growing gloom -- is that the rumors have centered on a coup by the traditionally docile military, and that these rumors tend to grow with every strong denial...
...solution to the health care problems that we face," he said. "Besides the exorbitant cost, the lack of economic efficiencies, and the faceless bureaucracy that this would cause, national health insurance systems around the world are characterized by diminished health care services, delays in providing services, and even outright denial of care for some...
...chronology is important because it helps explain the shallow intimacy of most of the book. Not until the end does she come to grips with her capacity for denial and deception. The earlier parts are filled with foamy self- analysis. "I lived under a Damoclean sword of accusation," she writes of her childhood, "and at any given moment it could drop and cut off, if not my head, my confidence." During the primaries, she says, "I couldn't measure up, so I measured out the booze. My low opinion of myself reached a new high...
Affirmative action, so noble in intention, is mostly a denial of the fact that we are all born different. No one gains if past oppression is replaced by condescension...
...mates don't help, the men seethe. "The men say, 'Every time I help, she tells me I'm doing it wrong. I quit. I'm not interested in being criticized all the time.' " Such conflicts often reflect deeper issues of power and expectation. "There's a lot of denial around the issues of envy and competition," says family psychotherapist Emily Marlin. "Who's doing better? And what does that mean...