Word: epithets
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...young women would appear to be disciples of feminism, embracing the movement as a means of sorting out social change. But while the goals are applauded by three-quarters of young people, the feminist label is viewed with disdain and alarm; the name Gloria Steinem is uttered as an epithet. Some young people reject the movement on principle: "The whole women's movement is pushing the career women," says Kathy Smith, 19, a sophomore at Vanderbilt, "and making light of being a homemaker...
...heart of the issue is consumer trust, which the Japanese have deservedly won and GM now has an opportunity to win back. Inspired by Saturn, GM may be able to turn the once derogatory epithet "domestic" into a true competitive advantage. "The Japanese have been worried about this for some time. It scares the liver out of them," says David Cole, director of the Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation at the University of Michigan...
Campus critics have discovered a keenly dismissive epithet characterized by just such a cynicism. That phrase, coined and widely circulated only since we entered college, is "politically correct"--or p.c--and it indicts a whole generation of thinkers trying to reform the status...
...strategy backfired in 1988 when Michael Dukakis, one of the six remaining liberals in the country, won the nomination. Although he learned to appreciate Swedish land-use planning at the Kennedy School, Dukakis was still a Massachusetts Democrat, the worst kind. The dreaded epithet "liberal" stuck no matter how many times he parried with "competent...
...from categories of speech that have long been considered punishable--such as threats, physical acts and "fighting words"--universities are unable to draw a satisfactory line that defines harassment without endangering free expression, a liberty that is essential to preserve a productive educational environment. What exactly is an "objectionable epithet" or a "demeaning depiction?" Exactly how far can one go before it is deemed "too far?" Who is to decide...