Word: asks
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...economist, but it strikes me as imprudent for the government to bail out Wall Street because it nationalizes, or socializes, free enterprise, supports investors in the assisted companies at the expense of the general taxpayer, and sets a precedent for other troubled industries to ask for government handouts. This is welfare for the wealthy at the expense of the middle class. Daniel Spiteri, San Jose, California...
...those who wonder why we didn’t stay in Division I-A as Duke, Stanford and Northwestern did, I would ask, what do you think of their football experience this year?,” Orleans said in an interview with the New York Times in 2006. “One could argue that the Ivy League has had the better football experience than those institutions have had for the last 25 years. You might want to ask why they didn’t do what...
...priority”—and entreated the United States to follow suit. “There is a domestic part and an international part to our [environmental] legislation,” Dimas said. “The domestic part is giving us the moral argument to ask other countries—not only developing countries but also countries like the U.S.—to come along and participate in fighting climate change.” Dimas touted several recent pieces of legislation as evidence of Europe’s leadership role in environmental issues, including...
...Aren't you just letting him off the hook? You ask the question, "What would most men do if they were irresistible and could have sex with any women they wanted?" Isn't that just an excuse?As a psychologist, my tendency is to be empathic. I'm used to making connections with people. That might be one way in which a biography by a psychologist might be a little different, because we don't feel that we're giving away the store if we allow ourselves to connect to a person we're trying to understand...
...feel dangerous anymore. No one is going to be caught checking his watch. No one will take the stage without memorizing the price of a gallon of milk and a gallon of gas. And because the campaigns ultimately set the rules, no audience member will be allowed to ask a question that hasn't been screened by some higher authority...