However, this specific focus of the word on race and gender, which is now a primary part of the definition, is only a few decades old.

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Then came South Carolina, and another word appeared on the scene: race.

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And so, that's right to be like, getting this sort of coated word, coated words being thrown out that may not be in the category of the race card, but maybe in the same family.

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Coyle, his co-author, said that when he first began talking to Hamilton for "The Secret Race, " Hamilton's answers came so slowly he could transcribe every word and comma easily, by hand, with no abbreviations.

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The changes enacted Friday remove the word "solely" to emphasize that prosecutors must have some reason other than an individual's race or national origin to investigate.

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