Word: waves
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...rush of prosperity spawned entirely new political forces as the expectations of the formerly destitute rose along with their incomes. The Hindu nationalists have managed to ride that social wave, as have parties and movements representing untouchables, farmers and groups like the Yadavs, a low-caste group in north central India. Says Mulayam Singh Yadav, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and himself a Yadav: "Before, democracy was only for the powerful. But now real democracy has arrived." Observes a senior government economist: "The poor are organizing themselves as Muslims, as ((ethnic)) Jats, and so on. They want...
...children was shared by the two parents. Mothers swaddled the baby and put food on the table, but fathers were responsible for the child's intellectual and moral upbringing. The majority of women have worked throughout U.S. history, first in the home, then in the shop and factory. With wave after wave of cheap immigrant labor available during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, even middle-class families had nannies. Nor is there anything new about day-care centers. In the 1820s 40% of all three-year-olds in Massachusetts were going to "infant schools," though such institutions fell...
...months last year, it appeared as if a new wave of feminism was sweeping Japan, raising a clamorous challenge to age-old male authority. It began when housewives, enraged by a new tax, swarmed to political rallies, urging that a "voice from the kitchen" reach the male-dominated government. Socialist Takako Doi, the first woman in Japanese history to lead a major political party, inspired an unprecedented number of women to run for the Diet's upper house, and they grabbed a record number of seats. Prime Minister Sousuke Uno resigned in disgrace after a former geisha he had patronized...
Shannon fell victim to a wave of anti-establishment vote, and Sawyer tried to capitalize on that sentiment in the general election. But Harshbarger said despite his long political ties, he did not carry the aura of an incumbent...
...criticism has not reached the fever pitch of the 1970s, when Big Oil's "obscene" profits inspired a wave of legislative controls. The oil companies contend that they have heeded President Bush's admonition to show restraint at the gas pump. In fact, while oil prices at the end of last week stood at about $33 per bbl., or 65% higher than they were just before Iraq invaded Kuwait, average U.S. gasoline prices were only 31% higher, or $1.38 per gal. for unleaded regular. Said Holly Hutchins, a spokesman for Shell Oil: "We gave up a considerable amount...