Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also disturbed and even insulted that the masters imposing bans on door-dropping did not consult with Perspective or any other affected publication before making their decisions. Harvard's own Handbook for Students makes it clear that the people affected by impending decisions are to be consulted beforehand. If students are to play by the rules, so must administrators...
...midst of the August insanity, Mayor Edward Koch was standing on his last political legs, fighting off a serious primary challenge by David Dinkins, who is Black. Not surprisingly, the two candidates stayed clear of blatant racial appeals--such tactics are tantamount to political suicide in light of New York's diverse electorate...
With five minutes left to play, a Wildcat corner kick nearly broke the ice. Reilly yelled for her defenders to clear, but miscommunication resulted in a loose ball in the muddy slot. Reilly rushed out to grab it, but a UNH forward knocked her down. No whistle...
Instead of model settlements, the Polonoroeste project has produced impoverished itinerants. Settlers grow rice, corn, coffee and manioc for a few years until the meager soil is exhausted, then move deeper into the forest to clear new land. The farming and burning thus become a perpetual cycle of depredation. Thousands of pioneers give up on farming altogether and migrate to the Amazon's new cities to find work. For many the net effect of the attempt to colonize Rondonia has been a shift from urban slums to Amazonian slums. Says Donald Sawyer, a demographer from the University of Minas Gerais...
...handicapped by encouraging them to end their lives rather than strive for a meaningful existence. In McAfee's case, Judge Johnson has exonerated anyone who helps the patient carry out his plan. John Banja, a professor of medical ethics at Emory University, notes that hospitals have no clear mandate for "treatment discontinuance," and the role of doctors and nurses in these affairs remains murky. However, adds Banja, "this is a clear- cut case of a rational adult. The decision lets McAfee decide if his life is meaningful...