Word: manhattanization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thrill was meeting TabithaSoren," said Taxin, who works for an investmentbanking firm in Manhattan. "She is one of the mostall-around classy, beautiful women I have evermet. I've had a crush on her for as long as I canremember...
...Associated Press said today that prosecutors have provided defense lawyers a list of 172 people "who may be alleged as co-conspirators" during the Manhattan trial. They include a member of the Sudanese Mission to the United Nations and the head of the National Council on Islamic Affairs...
...nation's biggest terrorism trial opened in a Manhattan courtroom as prosecutors began making their case against Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 other Muslim men who are accused of having plotted to blow up key New York City landmarks in 1993 as part of an alleged holy war against...
Mildred P. Katz Manhattan, Kansas A problem in our pseudodemocracies is lack of access to those making decisions on our behalf. Having representatives make laws for citizens has merit. But in such a system, we lose the input of others who may be more qualified than the legislators to judge, or we may fail to hear from those who will be affected. A pure form of democracy does exist in a country of economic and political stability: Switzerland. Why haven't more countries imitated this model? The answer lies in the type of person attracted to politics in the democratic...
Mildred P. Katz Manhattan, Kansas Some politicians are in touch with the people, and some are not. However, a hyperdemocracy is more of a good thing than a bad thing. The architects of the U.S. government wanted it to be of the people, by the people and for the people. Politicians like Newt Gingrich are trying to expand the involvement of the people in the process. If you close the government off, all you will get is a lot of social discord, and members of Congress will receive a one-way ticket right back to their home districts...