Word: applauding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attack. Said Hooks: "The black community has heard the conservative gospel and rejected it." Pendleton also drew fire from Republican Francis Guess, a commission member and Tennessee's commissioner of labor. "The Jonestown analogy was disgusting." said Guess. "And I would be surprised if the President would applaud...
...court is Paul Simon who, admittedly, looks more like a college professor than a politician. Complete with floppy ears, dark rimmed glasses and signature bow tie, Simon has authored nine books, the most recent of which examines morally and politics. If Simon's record offered little to applaud, one might be tempted to leave him in his library. But during his 10 years in Congress, Simon has passed more legislation than most of his colleagues and has consistently advocated worthy causes. In the most recent session, Simon sponsored the Missing Children's Act of 1984, which has established a national...
...numbers of voters. Says one White House aide of Ferraro: "She comes across as too abrasive." Richard Wirthlin, the President's pollster, suggests her audiences are swollen by the converted and the merely curious. "She is a historical celebrity," he says. "Whether they support her or not, they applaud the fact that one more barrier has been broken...
...applaud the College's recent decision to encourage more student-faculty interaction by offering meal tickets to each undergraduate--allowing the professor to join the student in question for a meal in a dining hall at no charge. Administrators reason, quite plausibly, that one-on-one contact is most effective when student-initiated, so that it pays to do everything possible to encourage students to approach the faculty. Free meal passes remove some of the awkwardness for a student wishing to invite a professor to a meal and, perhaps more importantly, may give some students the idea actually to approach...
...doctors, who suggested that although she is not a heavy drinker she ought to halt even social drinking, which can be dangerous for diabetics. One of those concerned physicians was her husband of ten months, Robert Levine, 30, a cardiologist, who says, "I am very proud of her and applaud her for doing this." Moore, who now says she is "feeling wonderful," expects to be out and about in early October...