Word: answering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...casual, "So, what kind of music do you like?" Similar questions ("What are your favorite movies?"), more basic ones ("Where are you from?") or even more personal ones ("Do you get along with your parents?") do not carry as many connotations, accurate or otherwise, as the most average answer to the question of musical taste. Consider the associations evoked by the following possible replies...
...because of this debate among the medical profession, there is no clear answer for students wonder how best to protect themselves against meningitis...
...roommates or girlfriends were asked for comment, nor were any members called to express their opinion of the night's events. But then I came to my senses and asked myself, "Where is the news in the story of 100 people having a fun, safe time at Harvard?" The answer probably has something to do with why there was no story about how the Fly Club raised money and toys for a local charity at their party earlier this month. It is just more fun to engage in mindless gossip about chickens and closings then it is to provide...
...antics of Robin Williams the actor are somewhat constrained by his robotic casing, but he does as good a job as anyone could in making Andrew a deeply sympathetic character. He receives excellent assistance from the well-cast supporting players, especially Neill and Davidtz. Bicentennial Man may not answer-or even seriously address--the moral questions it begs, but as long as you don't expect it to, you'll find it a worthwhile holiday movie...
Your move, Washington. A day after a U.S. got the UN Security Council to approve a new system to get arms inspectors back into Iraq, Saddam Hussein gave his answer: Nobody's coming in here until the UN lifts its sanctions against my country. Under the proposed deal, the previous inspection body, UNSCOM, would to be replaced by an entirely new organization, UNMOVIC (U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission) with little continuity in staff. "The old hands at UNSCOM fear that the new body will be a papier-m?ch? organization, unable to carry out effective inspections," says TIME U.N. correspondent...