Word: attaining
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thank you for the concise yet detailed picture of the choice between Bob and Bill. In the frenzy of the 30-second sound bites and campaign ads we were subjected to on TV, it was rather difficult to attain a meaningful electoral perspective that reached beyond the next round of the assaults on our intelligence. Your piece did justice to the presidential race. STEVE LEVINSKY San Diego...
Endless debate also swirls around the question of how pterosaurs managed to become airborne. Some scientists think the beasts launched themselves from a running start, while others believe they were so clumsy on the ground that they would have had to drop from cliffs or trees to attain a flightlike glide. Lockley, for one, argues that pterosaurs had to be capable of birdlike takeoffs and landings if only because so many pterosaur footprints come from mudflats along the seashore. If they were incapable of flying off after landing in such areas, he says, they would have quickly died...
...society's thin-at-all-costs attitude has consumers spending tons of money on useless diet fads in order to attain an impossible body. It's not until readers get a few paragraphs into your article that they learn Redux has very serious possible side effects and is intended for patients whose lives are threatened by severe obesity. Readers need responsible coverage of the issues. MICHELE BARRY Arlington, Massachusetts Via E-mail...
Netanyahu's slogan of Peace with Security rings hollow. His actions have demonstrated that he lacks both the vision for peace and the will to attain it. --Ramy M. Tadros '97, President, Harvard/Radcliffe Society of Arab Students --Mohamad M. Al-Ississ '00, Member, Harvard/Radcliffe Society of Arab Students
Skocpol says such a goal will be difficult to attain...