Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...currently the practice, candidates would be drawn from representatives who have already been voted on the council. Since only 29 council members were reelected this year--out of 88 in all--and four of them ran for chairman, it cannot be argued that the council knows the candidates any better than the student body in general...
While supporters of this position often resort to hyperbole and jingoistic rhetoric, their case has an element of truth. The U.S. cannot always stick to the rules of free trade when other nations do not. At times, it may be advisable to impose temporary protectionist measures as a bargaining chip...
Since God cannot prove His existence, Nozick argued, people should not become frustrated by doubts of faith...
Since humans cannot formulate proof of a perfect being's existence, Nozick said, belief in God is based on a faith based upon personal experiences...
Still, the novel as a whole has neither the sweep nor the intensity of one by Marquez or Neruda. The plot cannot bear the burden of such complex language. While the best of Latin American fiction is often ambiguous, Allende's novel is too often simply confusing...