For nearly a century, the Senate had been 'the stronghold of the status quo, the dam against which the waves of social reform dashed themselves in vain'.
Aside from spasms of legislation at the start of the Presidencies of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt, Caro writes, the Senate remained controlled by an alliance of Southern racists and Republican corporate shills, and was "the dam against which the waves of social reform dashed themselves in vain — the chief obstructive force in the federal government".
And for as much was made in online social circles about Dash's comments on race and Hollywood diversity, the issue was largely a tempest in a teacup, rendering the entire joke too inside baseball to resonate with the average Oscar viewer.
Her family's hopes for political and social equilibrium are dashed as retribution is meted out, and enemies, real and imagined, are purged.
It's a pleasant jaunt that mixes nostalgia for the age of exploration with the odd dash of social commentary.
There is even a dash of social media: you can see what weather your friends are experiencing and chat with them.
These days you campaign for a general election in science – or rather a medley of sciences which includes applied mathematics, statistics and a heavy dash of social psychology.
That mixture — with a dash of social conscience and a splash of gruesome violence stirred in — pretty much sums up the feverish mood of "The Paperboy".
The occasion is the annual TED conference, named for the convergence of technology, entertainment and design— with a dash of social activism thrown in recently as well.
But he built his stories of "love and intrigue, social incidents and a dash of sport" against a background of, usually confounded, parliamentary ambition.
