11.   It also set a standard for government activism -- particularly in protecting the rights of workers -- that lasted until it ran into a stone wall called Reagan.

12.   It requires a shift in emphasis from such goals as diversity, economic redistribution and government activism to primarily protecting the pocketbooks of the white business establishment.

13.   Jackson also brought delegates to their feet with a rousing call for government activism against crime and drugs.

14.   Liberal forces within the party will push for a return to strong government activism, especially if the Democrats regain control of the House.

15.   Many MacArthur geniuses advocate government activism, but all fellows assiduously avoid public service.

16.   Nobody is willing to declare that the need for reforms has run its course and urge a holiday for government activism.

17.   Rising economic inequality and ethnic diversity in the country led to the Progressive Era and the government activism that Clinton seeks to revive.

18.   The GOP has larded up the appropriations bills with vast policy changes that reverse decades of government activism and have neither been publicly debated nor widely discussed.

19.   The truth is, the vast majority of Americans are no more interested in conservative government activism than they are in liberal government activism.

20.   The vote plainly reflected widespread disgust with big government and impatience with government activism, two things with which the Democrats are most closely identified.