Word: breakdown
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...national prominence as Democratic presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey's running mate in 1968. They lost to Nixon and Spiro Agnew. Muskie was the odds-on favorite to win the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972, but he lost to Senator George McGovern of South Dakota. His angry and emotional breakdown in New Hampshire, railing against a story critical of his wife, may have cost him the nomination. As a Senator from 1959 to 1980, Muskie pushed for laws to protect the environment, earning him the nickname "Mr. Clean". After a brief stint as President Carter's Secretary of State...
...healthier respect for their parents. Most of the children grew up and became responsible citizens. History shows that the youths of today are committing more violent crimes at a younger age than they did 30, 40 and 50 years ago. The government claims that there is a breakdown in family values. This is true. However, I believe that part of the problem is the parents' loss of the right to control and discipline their children. The culprit of the problem is the Department of Social Services...
...family are both competing concerns to absolute freedom. Over 90 percent of abortions are performed simply because the mother does not want the child, while only I percent result from rape or incest, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute. Society must consider, then, whether abortion contributes to the breakdown of the family, lack of personal responsibility and diminished overall respect for life. If so, then freedom of choice need not trump cries for regulation...
...musical's prominent flaw. The surplus of melodramatic overacting gets tiresome. Every character who appears on the stage for more than three minutes is immediately assigned a scene in which he can showcase his abundant lung capacity in a fit of uncontrollable anger, or a shuddering, tearful breakdown. And each emotional tidal wave produces a sage, if somewhat cliched, statement of advice that could be applied to Jacob Zulu, South Africa and the world...
...style. Considering her assertion that abuse in childhood led her to sing in nonsense syllables, one can only be glad to see her emergence into the realm of the intelligible. Yet Fraser's voice has now lost its most striking asset, an "I'm either verging on a nervous breakdown or about to explode with joy" quality. Her singing on this EP is on a par with the pretty but insipid vocals of the Sundays' Harriet Wheeler -- without the cynical edge of humor that makes Wheeler palatable...