Word: callings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enough simply to stress the moral objections to abortion or to call for its end, a lesson which the knownothing, think-nothing, care-nothing fundamentalist opponents of abortion have failed to learn. For opponents to make a viable case against abortion, we must also address the larger social problems which are leading women to seek this lamentable option in the first place. If abortion can be termed an evil--indeed a "necessary evil" by its supporters--it is time to make it an unnecessary...
...finest scheme, I outlined three plans of action in case Kinko's was unable to xerox my thesis in time to meet the 5 p.m. deadline. First, I would cry. Second, I would slip the clerk $10. Third, I would call my friend Joe, cry and ask him to drive me to a Kinko's out in the suburbs...
...unlike Reagan, President Bush refused to get involved in the strike. The machinists union asked Bush to call for a 30-day cooling-off period--a step which might have resulted in a negotiated settlement and the salvation of Eastern Airlines. But instead, Eastern filed for bankruptcy, the union made no tangible gains and thousands of travelers were left in the cold...
Gnomon Copy of 99 Mt. Auburn St. does not require reservations for laser printing, but owner Norman Shapiro says prospective customers should to call ahead and check on possible problems with software. "If a thesis is not set up right on the program, there may be difficulties printing it," Shapiro said...
...hyperbole can take delight in Gilliam's images and incidents. Starlight spangles a lunar beach as the baron's ship drifts ashore for his interview with an Italianate creature (Robin Williams, unbilled and hilarious) who identifies himself as "the King of Everything -- Rei di Tutto. But you may call me Ray." The king's body is detachable from his head, which provokes schizophrenia of celestial proportions. "I got tides to regulate!" the head shouts to his errant anatomy. "I got no time for flatulence and orgasms...