Word: cite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They cite as evidence recent Harvard admissions data, which shows that Asian-Americans are admitted at only 80 percent the rate of admission for white applicants. In addition, critics say that in 1982 and 1984, while the number of admitted Asian-American students did not increase, the number of applicants increased substantially...
...bullishness? The economy's proven resilience is one reason, but many investors simply cite the bandwagon effect: no one wants to miss out on a good rally. Even some small investors, who have generally avoided the market since the crash, have joined the fresh stampede...
...overwhelming predominance in the world economy was a result that America deliberately sought, on the grounds that an economically secure Western Europe and Japan were crucial to containing communism and providing for a stable post-war world, thereby enhancing America's international position in the long run. To cite the economic rehabilitation of Western Europe and Japan through the Marshall Plan and demilitarization as causes of the United States's decline, two of the major successes of post-war American foreign policy, seems highly disingenuous...
...that may have caused system failures and a crash. As evidence, they point to a pathologist's report that found combustion residues in the lungs of more than 70 of the victims, indicating there was a fire in the plane before the final impact killed all the passengers. They cite eyewitness accounts from two truck drivers who saw a yellow glow under the belly of the crippled DC-8 as it plunged to earth. The four also charge that the safety board botched the crash investigation and ignored or suppressed crucial evidence...
Those who favor the regulations cite the poor treatment of veal calves, chickens, and the use of drugs that could endanger consumer health on some confined animals...