Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hinted that the Aquino government was tainted by corruption. Filipinos, he said, need a government that is "stable, honest and clean." Although just five days before, Enrile and Aquino had seemed to agree not to criticize each other publicly, the Defense Minister tore into the President for her conciliatory approach to the Philippines' Communist insurgents. Earlier, he demanded that new presidential elections be held next year and attacked Aquino's dismissal of 2,000 local officials elected under Marcos...
Courts often make a distinction, however, when the property in question is a home and when the residents are present. In recent years, Louisiana and Colorado have adopted laws broadening the right of homeowners to use deadly force against intruders. That approach too can have unforeseen consequences. The Colorado statute, dubbed the "make my day" law, has produced some cases that greatly stretch the home-under-siege scenario. In one instance, a suspected drug dealer shot an acquaintance who was after his stash, according to authorities, and in two others, jealous lovers killed rivals. "What it boils down...
...start raising some muck about, let's say, Reagan's Central America quagmire. And maybe now that he doesn't chair a major committee, people won't listen when Jesse Helms talks. Is this all reason for rejoicing? Yeah. Is it cause for a complacent, more-of-the-same approach...
...interested in a sort of cultural approach as opposed to a simple tell-about approach," said Dan P. Buchanan '90 of Dunster, who works on the Harvard Homeless Committee...
Summing up his philosophy--perhaps "approach" would be a better word--Avildsen observed "There are only so many stories. Some people say there are only two stories, 'Jack and the Bean-stalk' and 'Cinderella."' Which kind does the blockbuster filmmaker and Academy Award winner favor? "Stories that don't cost a lot of money to do." In the trillion-dollar age of the imperial Spielbergian director, it's understandable why Avildsen remains one of the business's favorite practitioners...