Word: action
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...resolution of a complaint. What I encourage is the active participation of a date rape survivor in the informed choice of a means by which to seek a remedy for the harm she has suffered. In fact, as I pointed out at the panel, choosing a formal course of action can be an enormously empowering experience...
...every time we set predominantly to one side, the linebackers kick over so there's only three people on the weak side. You just can't cover that type of pursuit, especially when I'm running one direction and we run so many plays off that action and I just hand the ball to Mark going the other direction and he has four blockers out there...
State television said Communist leaders would discuss an "action program" of political and economic reforms, plans to set up a constitutional court to protect citizens' rights and a law that would set up a civilian service as an alternative for those drafted by the military...
...council also declared next week as Cambridge Arts Week and as Hunger/Homeless Action Week...
...most vulnerable species of all is the customer, victimized by salesmen whose bonuses depend on how many questionable securities they can unload. Retribution is the rarest commodity on Wall Street, but in Liar's Poker it makes several appearances. In 1986 the financial action begins to leave Salomon Brothers for other concerns -- and so do many of the best employees. The house that has thrived on hostile takeovers itself becomes a target. Then comes the Crash of '87, when "investors froze like deer in headlights" and hardened professionals were "helpless as they watched their beloved market...