Word: assertation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rick and Cynthia Livingston of La Crescenta, Calif., have tried to assert influence over their son's gaming by embracing it. About four years ago, they bought a Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Their son Taylor, then 6, had already become a whiz by playing games at his friends' homes. "But we discovered a lot of neighbor kids had no limits, so we decided to buy a system for our home so we could watch him," explains Rick, an actor. "He'd play all day if he could," adds Cynthia, an elementary school principal. The Livingstons gradually limited Taylor's gaming...
...April 12]. National debate should no longer focus on whether the U.S. has an interest in the Balkans; this decision was made years ago. Rather, the U.S. should address Slobodan Milosevic with resolve, not only to protect the Kosovars but also to retain credibility. Senator McCain is correct to assert that a failure to act decisively undermines U.S. credibility and opens the door to aggressive regimes. JOHN GAVENONIS Berkeley, Calif...
...troops within 30 days. Neither had a chance, but to simply vote no on both would mean an implicit endorsement of Clinton's way. Fractured as the party is over Kosovo, no GOPer was in the mood for that. "This was a symbolic vote so that Republicans could assert their authority in the Kosovo conflict," he says. "But they'd still rather not deal with it -- so far, the best way for them is to leave this as Clinton...
...used to happen only occasionally, on and about the 24th of April each year. Recently, though, having walked daily through gates that assert "veritas" and having realized at the same time that Harvard and the world outside it would rather forget certain truths than elucidate them, I am stricken with melancholy more often than in the past. A particular truth to which I refer, one that since its dark inception has been the target of active efforts to erase it from the pages of history, is the Armenian Genocide, which will be commemorated tomorrow worldwide...
While the baseball team travels south to assert their superiority over the dunces of the Ivy League, the softball team, at least on Saturday, can do it in the backyard. The Crimson play host to Cornell on Saturday at 1 p.m. before traveling north to Vermont on Sunday. We'll forgive you if you pass on Vermont, but show up on Saturday to watch the girls shrink-wrap...