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lobbying
lobbying practice and profession of influencing governmental decisions, carried out by agents who present the concerns of special interests to legislators and administrators. The term originated in the United States of the 1830s, when representatives of interest groups tended to congregate in the... Read more |
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feminism
feminism movement for the political, social, and educational equality of women with men; the movement has occurred mainly in Europe and the United States. It has its roots in the humanism of the 18th cent. and in the Industrial Revolution. Feminist issues range from access to employment, education,... Read more |
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Cynicism
CYNICISM. The word cynic generally conveys negative ideas in modern languages. It describes someone who is unduly critical and suspicious, apathetic about certain issues and rebellious in response to others, selfish, and indifferent toward traditions and accepted beliefs, and unconcerned with... Read more |
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C. DeLores Tucker
C. DeLores Tucker1927–2005 Activist C. DeLores Tucker never shied away from sensitive political issues. A longtime civil rights activist who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and raised funds for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Tucker spent her life... Read more |
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Family Compact
Family Compact name popularly applied to a small, powerful group of men who dominated the government of Upper Canada (Ontario) from the closing years of the 18th cent. to the beginnings of responsible government under the Baldwin-LaFontaine Reform ministry (1848-51). The group, some of whose... Read more |
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Political correctness
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. Originally used by old-guard communists to mean toeing the party line, the term "politically correct" was resurrected in the 1970s and early 1980s by rightist writers and activists, who used it in an ironic sense to mock the Left's tendency toward... Read more |
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C. Everett Koop
KOOP, CHARLES EVERETT Dr. Charles Everett Koop, surgeon general under President ronald reagan, boldly led the United States on controversial health issues such as smoking, abortion, infanticide, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Koop was a driven, dedicated public servant, committed... Read more |
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An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning
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Martin Carter
Martin Carter 1927-1997 Poet One of the most important poets to come out of the Caribbean, Martin Carter has been compared to literary lions such as W.B. Yeats and Pablo Neruda. His most famous work was fueled by the political turmoil that gripped his native Guyana in the 1950s and 1960s. He... Read more |
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Medical Moralism; In French Abortion Pill Furor, Why Are U.S. Leaders Silent?
...stage of medical politics. "The Dictates of Bigots," screamed the...militant anti-abortion group, "Operation...questions about the politics of abortion in...candidates on this issue. Michael S. Dukakis...major campaign ... |
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Right mourns preacher who drew the bigot vote.(Dispatches)
...transformed United States politics by rallying the religious...society: legalised abortion, homosexuality, pornography...about certain moral issues, whatever their theological...which he dismissed the issue as "hocus pocus...tradition of staying out of ... |
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Hotline Extra.
...three of 10 or 12 issues--school choice, partial-birth abortion, missile defense...Rudman "a vicious bigot who wrote that conservative Christians in politics are anti-abortion...place in American politics, and Mr. ... |
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Open Air Waves To Bigots' Foes
...discourse in American politics. Their broadcasts feed...Grant is a venomous bigot who, with a handful...meet the litmus tests on abortion, prayer in schools...Grant "a racist, a bigot" - a statement of truth...the same voice on this issue as ... |
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IN MESSAGE TO VOTERS, ROBERTSON ATTACKS MCCAIN OFFICIAL.(FRONT)
...a vicious bigot who wrote that...Christians in politics are anti-abortion zealots, homophobes...their attacks over abortion. Rudman also...exactly the kind of politics that we had hoped...It was an issues education call... |
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Robertson message attacks McCain insider
...campaign as "a vicious bigot who wrote that conservative Christians in politics are anti-abortion zealots, homophobes...their attacks over abortion. Rudman also wrote...right has a lot of "bigots."Robertson...exactly the kind of ... |
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At the races
...fundamental democratic issues is clear, consistent...aith the kind of politics that he practices-the old politics, the politics of distortion and...Senator's stance on abortion. TEXT OF THE...chairman a vicious bigot who ... |
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Rancor high as Republican race narrows in Virginia.
...Rudman "a vicious bigot." "I think it...campaign based on the issues," Mr. Gilmore...Rudman "a vicious bigot who wrote that conservative Christians in politics are anti-abortion zealots, homophobes...calls as "shameful ... |
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GOP RIVALS COURTING NON-REPUBLICANS.(MAIN)
...official as a ``vicious bigot who wrote that conservative Christians in politics are anti-abortion zealots, homophobes...against their attacks over abortion. The Bush campaign said...squared off on racial issues in a debate in Harlem... |
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Sham: ; Purely political
...election time are just "issues education," not endorsement...N.H., "a vicious bigot who wrote that conservative Christians in politics are anti-abortion zealots, homophobes...reporters: "It was an issues education call... |
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