Word: aptness
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...reassuring exercise in grass-roots democracy. It may have been built by a fascist regime, and seen its greatest moment when it was used to defy a communist one, but in the spring air, nearly 20 years after the Berlin Wall came down, the old airport is an apt reminder of the blessings of a democratic choice...
...paper bags, which cost more energy to produce and take up more space than plastic. Supposedly, paper is better anyway, because it has a higher recycling rate than plastic—around 20 percent versus a rather dismal one percent. But the comparison is not entirely apt: The country currently uses only 7 billion paper sacks per year, compared to 100 billion plastic bags. And paper has an organic, green image, making its users more likely to be the recycling type. When the average consumer, no more or less informed than she was yesterday, find her most convenient shopping option...
...Michael Mello, a professor at Vermont Law School who has written extensively on the death penalty, chose an apt verb when he was reached for comment on the decision. "I'm still excavating the opinions," he said by e-mail. It was quite a pile to wade through. "But I think it's as confusing as the road map required through Furman," Mello continued, referring to the 1972 case - nine separate opinions making up the longest text in Court history - that began America's frustrating attempt to create a consistent, rational death penalty. When it comes to the death penalty...
...apt that you featured a cover story on Tibet when the world is preparing to participate in the most prestigious international athletic event in China. The world community should pressure China to end its occupation of Tibet. As an Indian American, I'd like India to stop treating China as a brother and the U.S. to stop the hypocrisy of doing business with China while maintaining its embargo against Cuba. Vishwanath Ayengar, Wappingers Falls...
...apt that you featured a cover story on Tibet when the world is preparing to participate in the most prestigious international athletic event in China. The world community should pressure China to end its occupation of Tibet. As an Indian American, I'd like India to stop treating China as a brother and the U.S. to stop the hypocrisy of doing business with China while maintaining its embargo against Cuba. Vishwanath Ayengar, WAPPINGERS FALLS...