Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such legislation will not be passed tomorrow. No society is eager to adopt measures which chafe against its most basic conceptions of jecency. But like our forefathers, we have no other options. When and if it becomes common to see friends die, when the fear our ancestors felt returns, our attitude will change...
...year, and Hasbro's Transformers, which brought in $114 million, have been challenged this year by two riveted rivals, Voltron and MASK. Produced by Cincinnati's Kenner Products, MASK is a line of seven ordinary-looking vehicles that bristle with hidden weapons. Rhino Rig, the flagship, converts from a common truck into a fearsome fighting machine...
...hope that by peering into Halley's cold heart and sniffing out the dust and gases that stream from its surface, they can discern the conditions that existed at the birth of the sun and the nine planets some 4.5 billion years ago. That in turn could reveal how common an occurrence the formation of planets around other stars may be, hence how likely it is that extraterrestrial life exists. "Comets are like a cosmic refrigerator," says Paul Feldman, an astronomer at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. "They've internally preserved the whole history of the solar system...
City Councilor David E. Sullivan, however, said he objects to the notion of a creche on the Cambridge Common. "I do think it's inappropriate for the city to be sponsoring religious displays, which is essentially what's going on here...
...clear that what Cambridge is doing is legal," said Sally Greenberg, East Coast civil rights director for the ADL. The nativity scene on the Common "has the imprimatur of public sponsorship by appearing in a public park and that perception is a problem for us," she said...