Word: caveat
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...With that caveat in mind," Coles says, "I have to remind myself of the irony in life, that sometimes one can find arrogance among those who criticize others for being arrogant...
Even with that caveat, it is clear that the time for a hard look at the longer school year has come. "It's a litmus test on how serious we are about - education," says the Carnegie Foundation's Boyer. The state of Oregon evidently agrees: a comprehensive education bill enacted in July will add 40 days to the school year over the next two decades. Both President Bush and corporate America would also do well to support the change, at least on an experimental basis. The summertime harvest that America needs to reap these days is not down...
Should works of art carry a government health warning? A piece being displayed at New York City's New Museum of Contemporary Art could have used such a caveat. When Eclipse of the Earth by Kazuo Katase was installed last month, the work's dusty red coloring agent contained zinc sulfide and barium sulfate. The chemicals caused severe respiratory and skin problems for some employees, they claim. A staff memo admitted that "ingestion of the pigment will cause illness, and the inhalation of the dust is known to cause lung irritation." Although the powder was replaced 12 days later, three...
...surprisingly, these veterans have strong feelings about the potential human consequences of America's latest war. After decades of suffering, they have a message for the future veterans of Operation Desert Storm. "There are occupational hazards in fighting a war," says Burkins. "They are costly." Cowan adds a sobering caveat: "If a nation is going to suit up its young men and send them to war, it should be prepared to take care of them afterward." In the case of Hawaii's bush vets, that care has been long overdue...
According to most polls, Americans are willing to pay more taxes if the levies are equitable and if -- this is an important caveat -- the money is well spent. But in the insular world of Washington neither party hears both parts of this message. To date, Republicans have been unwilling to endorse the necessary taxes and Democrats have been loath to revamp the programs. Now that the debate has moved into the open, the voice of the people may finally get through...