Word: mainstreaming
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Specifically, they've determined that 33 music groups--curiously, exactly half of 66 groups--"carry negative messages within their music." Included are heavy metal bands like Slayer, Wasp, Black Sabbath and Megadeath as well as more mainstream performers such as "Led Zepplin" [sic], Guns-N-Roses, Styx, AC/DC and Van Halen. Students may no longer wear t-shirts from these bands, or write the band's name on their t-shirts or notebooks...
Since becoming the first black to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962, Meredith has moved away from the civil rights mainstream. Among his achievements since joining Helms' staff last year: firing off a press release in July declaring that of the 3,000 delegates to the recent convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, "I have a background profile on more than half of ((them)), and over 60% are involved in the drug culture and at least 80% are involved in criminal or immoral activities" Helms mildly criticized Meredith for using Senate letterhead. Gantt...
Despite resistance, sociobiology has been absorbed into the scientific mainstream, and Wilson's spadework in the fields of entomology and island biogeography has passed rigorous peer review. His book On Human Nature won a Pulitzer Prize in 1979, and this year he shared the Crafoord Prize with population biologist Paul Ehrlich of Stanford. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences administers the $240,000 award, established to recognize areas not covered by the Nobel Prizes...
...little or no recognition on the national scene. With the release of their second album on an independent label, they earned a loyal following. They were able to channel this support into radio airplay--first on college stations and then on commercial stations. Soon O-Positive broke into the mainstream in a way few of today's mass-produced, pre-fabricated pop stars...
Because they are in the unusual position of being a nationally known band that still plays local clubs, O-Positive is free of the reputation and "sound" which burden so many mainstream groups--they can sport a casual disregard for the pop music establishment, while unashamedly accepting its rewards. "We just play what we like," Herlihy says. "We dont try to write songs for anyone else...