Word: cites
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...addition to such soft sentiments, Matthews can cite hard ecological evidence against the building boom. The swamps not only serve as the habitat for wildlife-many of the commercial fish in the Gulf of Mexico spawn there -but the mangrove roots also stabilize the coastline, preventing erosion...
L.B.J.'s congressional reputation, on the other hand, shadowed everything he did in the White House. The press recorded his achievements with "dutiful appreciation," writes McPherson, "but as Grand Prix drivers might appreciate a good tractor." He goes on to cite a typical but unfamiliar example of Johnson cultivating his political spinach. L.B.J. once asked a well-known black leader what he was going to tell the press after his visit to the White House. "Just that we talked over some problems of mutual concern," was the answer. "You can't do that," said the President, worried that...
...contrary, the Moores say, many children's powers of vision and hearing are still forming until the age of eight. Thus they find it difficult to focus on objects at close range, like a book, and to distinguish between similar letters, like m and n. The Moores also cite studies indicating that the nerve fibers connecting the various parts of the brain are not fully developed before age seven or eight. Hence younger children are ill equipped to learn arithmetic and other abstract skills...
GOOD QUESTION, indeed. Why do so many scholars enter the Harvard rat race and compete for that elusive bit of cheese, a tenured appointment? Some cite their eminent colleagues, others the excellent library, the fine students, or the Boston location...
...Graustein formula is a rule. Harvard has many rules. When they don't want to give you something, they cite a rule. When they want to give you something, they find a way to bypass the rule. You wanted something that they didn't want to give...