Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...blacks appreciate the protest. Civil rights activist Benjamin Hooks sees it as a form of paternalism. "Buried in this line of thinking," he wrote recently, "is the rationale that blacks are not capable of making their own free choices." His comments reflect the reluctance of some black groups to attack tobacco companies, which have donated money to support events and causes ranging from jazz festivals to the United Negro College Fund...
...candidate slates nominated last week by both the Harvard Alumni Association and Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid (HRAAA) reflect a trend toward boosting the 30-member Board's cast of scientific experts...
...boom-and-bust cycles are sharply affecting U.S. housing prices, which reflect regional economic health. In Houston, gone are the bad-old-days of the mid-1980s when U-Haul trucks streamed out of town as unemployment rose above 12%. A combination of stable oil prices and the arrival of new businesses has sparked a rebound in Houston home values. At the same time, Northeast housing prices are sinking and the explosive growth of California home prices has begun to cool...
Five days into the bold, promising, and challenging 1990s, we feel the need to reflect upon the events and personalities that have shaped the decade...