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Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown David Steinman See book keywords and concepts

Linking ecology with patriotism and winning the war on terror should be of strong interest to Republicans and other conservatives and traditionalists, in addition to already environmentally sensitized liberals. Indeed, I think it's very possible that a whole host of neo-conservatives will begin to look favorably upon environmen-talism—as described in this book—as a means of winning the war on terror. Half the Republican Party is strongly proenvi-ronment, and so are most Democrats, even if a lot of them are really only once-over light.

Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry Stacy Malkan See book keywords and concepts

It was like there was this sudden understanding that these aren't just hippie liberals, these are people who are sick. This is mainstream America. Maybe we need to pay attention. There was a sense of confusion in the room, like people were wondering if they really did have the science to back up what they were saying." Miss Treatment USA Some companies have a funny definition of the word "natural.

Too Profitable to Cure Brent Hoadley, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Rush Limbaugh attacks liberals with a vengeance. If they happen to be a liberal Bimbo or Barbie with press credentials, that's an even better target. Why don't you start attacking the real threats to democracy and freedom — your favorite drug companies. Your experience with oxycontin and its addictive nature should have taught you something about the priorities of pharmaceuticals. Predatory lawyers and frivolous lawsuits—John Stossel's new book, Give Me a Break (2004), would have you believe that these are the cause of soaring medical costs.

Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown David Steinman See book keywords and concepts

Despite disagreement on other hot-button issues, the liberals, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois shared common ground on a number of environmental issues. Suzuki told the prime minister about the program, which he called Sustainability Within A Generation or SWAG. "That unusual combination of the broad appeal among voters, my being a former legislative colleague, and David being a recognized and admired science broadcaster gave the PM a sense that SWAG was something that was intuitively correct and achievable," Fulton told me in an interview.

Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind Henry Hobhouse See book keywords and concepts

New men, enlightened, competitive free traders, nineteenth-century liberals to a man, succeeded the comfortable and corrupt servants of the Company. The pressures on the home government to "open" China increased. The outrages at Canton, of which the British complained so much and which formed the casus belli of the Opium War of 1840-42, were probably as much a Chinese response to the changed circumstances as to the long-term debauchery of opium itself.

Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies Greg Critser See book keywords and concepts

Today, mention occupational health and you will be accused of being a regulation freak, an overprotective nanny, someone selling safety equipment, or the author of a plot by unnamed liberals who want to reestablish the hegemony of organized labor and "destroy" our competitive edge. Whereas we need a new Ramazzini, the Renaissance Italian who invented occupational medicine, we get, instead, labor secretaries who are uninterested in labor itself. The one ongoing U.S.

Among liberals, of course, Troy was vilified. Among conservatives, Troy was a new star, unintimidated by prevailing D.C. sentiment and willing to take on powerful institutions of government that inhibited free enterprise and impinged on commercial — and by extension private — liberties. He was, by almost every measure, a true believer, channeling the Founding Fathers in brilliant ways that would, he hoped, make everyone else one as well. Troy's most important assignment, at least as far as Kamp and his Madison Avenue clients were concerned, was clear.

Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind Henry Hobhouse See book keywords and concepts

Because of the generalized existence of drugs in prison, they have become what liberals have always said they were: places where bad men become worse. In some countries it has been shown that the only effective way to deal with drugs in and out of prison is the death penalty. The only liberal way is to legalize drugs in prison, but this would make addicts from a section of the population most likely to become addicted. Leaving prison, drug addicts, old and new, would have to resume their habits on the outside and commit crimes to feed their expensive life-style.

It has, of course, recently been a process for liberals to reduce crime by regrading certain activities as noncriminal. Thus, previously illegal sexual activities were rescheduled in Scandinavia and crime statistics much improved in consequence. To legalize hard drugs would halve the number of crimes in some countries and halve the prison population. The alternative is to be truly severe about drugs and it is a fact that a drug-free city-state like Singapore, though denied other freedoms, is far less ridden by other crime than cities where drugs are in evidence.

Reinheriting the Earth: Awakening to Sustainable Solutions and Greater Truths Brian O'Leary See book keywords and concepts

The German coalition of liberals and the Green party is planning a tax increase on polluting energy. The Germans are also launching a 100,000 solar rooftop program, which they expect will lead to a significant increase in the marketplace, amounting to billions of dollars. 19 Japan is also pursuing an aggressive photo-voltaics program. Not bad for countries that are not exactly in the Sun Belt. The Hydrogen Economy We return to that simplest and most abundant element in the universe—hydrogen.

Diseasing of America: Addiction Treatment Out of Control Stanton Peele See book keywords and concepts

Prominent liberals like Clarence Darrow, who were implacably opposed to Prohibition, railed against the moral crusaders who would impose their morality on everyone else in the country. After Prohibition's repeal, it seemed as if the cosmopolitan attitude toward drinking represented by urban liberals like Darrow and the newer European immigrants had won out. The secular society at large accepted alcohol as a regular part of ordinary life. True, some people sometimes drank too much.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Communists and socialists, as well as moderate liberals, come under the term left-wing. Left-wing groups are sometimes known collectively as the Left. (Compare right-wing.) legitimate government A government generally acknowledged as being in control of a nation and deserving formal recognition, which is symbolized by the exchange of diplomats between that government and the governments of other countries. liaison (lee-uh-zon, lee-ay-zon) A means of communication between two organizations or persons, especially governments.

Oxymorons: The Myth of a U.S. Health Care System J.D. Kleinke See book keywords and concepts

Conservative conspiracy theorists believe the Clinton administration kept those prices artificially low on purpose, setting up the whole privatization movement to fail and leading to a subsequent expansion of government management. liberals see the Medicare risk-contracting meltdown as sweet vindication, launching into the familiar chorus that there is something evil, or at least unsavory, about trying to profit from the delivery of medical care to sick people—the insurers got what they deserved.

Reclaiming Our Health: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the True Source of Healing John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

I have noticed a consistent and unusual feature of these legislative efforts—they have almost invariably received bipartisan support. For liberals, the issue is often seen as a matter of civil liberties and consumers' rights. For conservatives, the issue is individual freedom and the creation of a more open medical marketplace with greater competition between health and medical professionals. In the summer of 1995, Senator Thomas A. Daschle and Con-gressperson Peter DeFazio introduced the Access to Medical Treatment Act to the U.S. Congress (S 1035/HR 2019).

Rockefeller Medicine Men: Medicine and Capitalism in America E. Richard Brown See book keywords and concepts

It was not primarily a concern for conserving human life that led America's corporate liberals in the Progressive era to support compulsory health insurance. From Bismarck to the Conservative party in England to the American Association for Labor Legislation and the National Civic Federation, the far-sighted leaders of corporate capitalism believed that government-sponsored sickness insurance, workers' compensation, and other social security measures would reduce the appeal of radical labor and socialist movements.

The explicit reliance of the corporate class on the State was articulated by corporate liberals in the Progressive era. Although the State's intervention in organizing production and social relations was initiated during that period, it matured rapidly during the Great Depression and became the ruling order during and following World War II. The State became as important to medicine as it is to the larger economy.

Breaking Out of Food Jail: How to Free Yourself from Diets and Problem Eating, Once and for All Jean Antonello See book keywords and concepts

Eat light, eat less, eat low-fat, we say, if we're among the "liberals" who condone eating at all. We are obsessed this way because we are all afraid of getting fat and we are all positive that too much food, by itself, makes people fat. But where's all this food avoidance, fat phobia and calorie obsession leading, anyway? For a growing number of people, straight to eating problems. By the time she was forty-three, Paula had dieted, one way or another, for twenty-five years.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Groups that have traditionally supported the party include blacks, Jews, Catholics, labor unions, liberals, and the generally disadvantaged and poor. The Democratic party has traditionally been strongest in big cities and in the South. (Compare Republican party.) Department of Agriculture A department of the federal executive branch that provides services for farmers, including agricultural research, soil conservation, and efforts to regulate and stabilize the farming economy.

Their supporters obtained several delays of their execution, but a special committee appointed by the governor of Massachusetts upheld the original jury's verdict, and they were put to death in 1927. liberals and radicals all over the world were outraged by the execution. Scopes trial The trial of John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, for teaching the theory of evolution in violation of state law. The trial was held in 1925, with eminent lawyers on both sides — William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defense.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Victoria was known for her impartiality toward the two leading political parties of Britain, the liberals and the Conservatives, which both produced extraordinary leaders during her reign (see Disraeli, Benjamin and Gladstone, William Ewart). She was also known for establishing strict standards of personal morality. (See Victorian period.) fa Queen Victoria's children and grandchildren married into many of the other royal families of Europe. Tragically, many of them passed on the disease hemophilia. Victoria carried the disease in her genes, and one of her sons died from it.

Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer Michael Lerner See book keywords and concepts

Similarly, on the other side of the argument, political conservatives and liberals make common cause to combat unconventional cancer therapies in the name of medical science and consumer protection. While the bitter war between the advocates and the opponents of the more explicitly alternative cancer therapies (a relatively small proportion of all unconventional therapies) continues unabated in the courts and in the media, a growing number of health professionals and cancer patients are moving toward convergence.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Their supporters obtained several delays of their execution, but a special committee appointed by the governor of Massachusetts upheld the original jury's verdict, and they were put to death in 19Z7. liberals and radicals all over the world were outraged by the execution. Sanger, Margaret (sANG-uhr) The founder in the 1910s and 19zos of the birth control movement (she coined the term), she overcame the initial hostility of the medical profession and combated laws that public, such as a racially segregated (see segregation) lunch counter or bus station, and then refuse to leave.

Feminists (see feminism) and liberals generally support the pro-choice side; Roman Catholics and Protestant fundamentalists generally back the pro-life side. (See Roe v. Wade.) acculturation (uh-kul-chuh-ray-shuhn) The learning of the ideas, values, conventions, and behavior that characterize a social group. (See socialization.) Acculturation is also used to describe the results of contact between two or more different cultures; a new, composite culture emerges, in which some existing cultural features are combined, some are lost, and new features are generated.

A "bete noire" is a thing or person one views with particular dislike: "The new candidate for governor is the bete noire of all the liberals in the state." From French, meaning "black beast." beyond the pale Totally unacceptable: "His business practices have always been questionable, but this last takeover was beyond the pale." The Pale in Ireland was a territorial limit beyond which English rule did not extend.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

Victoria was known for her impartiality toward the two leading political parties of Britain, the liberals and the Conservatives, which both produced extraordinary leaders during her reign (see Disraeli, Benjamin and Gladstone, William Ewart). She was also known Queen Victoria for establishing strict standards of personal morality. (See Victorian period.) fa Queen Victoria's children and grandchildren married into many of the other royal families of Europe. Tragically, many of them passed on the disease hemophilia. Victoria carried the disease in her genes, and one of her sons died from it.

French society was deeply divided over Dreyfus, with liberals, including Emile Zola and Georges Clemenceau, arguing that he was innocent, and conservatives defending the French military authorities. Dislike of Jews also affected the opinions of many in France about the incident. Zola's article "J'accuse" ("I accuse") strongly influenced the public in Dreyfus's favor. Dreyfus was eventually cleared of all charges, reinstated in the army with a promotion, and publicly honored. Dunkirk The scene of a remarkable, though ignominious, retreat by the British army in World War ii.

Feminists (see feminism) and liberals generally support the pro-choice side; Roman Catholics and Protestant fundamentalists generally back the pro-life side. acculturation The learning of the ideas, values, conventions, and behavior that characterize a social group. (See socialization.) Acculturation is also used to describe the results of contact between two or more different cultures; a new, composite culture emerges, in which some existing cultural features are combined, some are lost, and new features are generated. Usually one culture is dominant (as in the case of colonization).

Communists and socialists, as well as moderate liberals, come under the term left-wing. Left-wing groups are sometimes known collectively as the Left. (Compare right-wing.) legitimate government A government generally acknowledged as being in control of a nation and deserving formal recognition, which is symbolized by the exchange of diplomats between that government and the governments of other countries. liaison (LEE-uh-zon, lee-AY-zon) A means of communication between two organizations or persons, especially governments.

World Without Cancer G. Edward Griffin See book keywords and concepts

It is no coincidence that all of the above-named individuals are self-classified either as socialists or, at the very least, political liberals. None of them would be caught dead advocating the free enterprise system. They know that the road to wealth now is traveled, not by the carriage of industrial expertise, but by the sport car of political influence. Government is where the action is. The consequences can be seen everywhere—especially in the world of international finance.

Diseasing of America: Addiction Treatment Out of Control Stanton Peele See book keywords and concepts

This ostensible rejection of blue-nose moralism has been crucial for recruiting liberals into the movement to treat alcoholics as diseased, whether they want to be treated or not. AA also developed an excellent public-relations apparatus. In the late 1930s, the Yale Center of Alcohol Studies was established (its best-known member was Elvin Jellinek) and endorsed the disease view. In the 1940s, the center collaborated with prominent AA members like Marty Mann to create what eventually came to be called the National Council on Alcoholism (NCA).

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