Word: action
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...happy to live in the murder capital of the world? Banning the imports of automatic weapons will just force drug dealers to "Kill American." It's a heck of a way to fight the trade deficit, Mr. President. You must take stronger action against guns, or else the violence will continue--that's more important than jeopardizing your life-time membership in the National Rifle Association...
...have you yourself responded to the changes in the Soviet Union? We are excruciatingly close to a lasting peace. The cold war is over, Mr. President, and 100 days after inauguration, five months after the election, you say you cannot take substantive action until you receive the results of a report you commissioned. Caution is important, but not at the expense of opportunity...
...singles action, junior Christian Dragomirescu improved her singles record to 29-13 on the season with a straight-set decision over Jennifer Lane. Dragomirescu capitalized on Lane's errors, and used a solid ground stroke game to crush Lane...
...instructor's behavior was abhorrent and warranted disciplinary action. It was also extraordinary. I have not seen a similar incident since then. But the Navy does regularly lose people to or dismiss people for homosexuality. At least two people from my class voluntarily left the program because they were gay. A former instructor also left for the same reason. The shame is that good leaders are denied the opportunity to serve in the armed forces beacuse of whom they love...
...extensive oil and real estate holdings made him much more vulnerable to any change in tax laws than the ordinary American. But Mallick does not meet three standard tests of direct interest: he is not a lobbyist, he employs no lobbyists, and he does not have a political-action committee. By the standard of interest that the ethics committee seems to be applying to Mallick, says one member of Congress, "I couldn't talk to my own mother. She's 65, and on Social Security...