Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard professor has turned down a position as head of the state Ethics Commission to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. Loeb University Professor, Emeritus Archibald Cox '34 said he declined the chair of the commission because he already heads Common Cause, a citizens' lobby group headquartered in Washington...
Kareem was not the only ominous giant in the game. On dreary airport mornings, when soldiers and civilians customarily brush by one another, the common exchanges foul everyone's mood...
This sort of timidity cuts to the heart of what is so troubling about anointing legislators for life. "The issue is not that we need to defeat incumbents," contends Fred Wertheimer, president of Common Cause. "It's just that competitive elections are what democracy is all about." What matters, in short, is not the amount that Congressmen are paid, but whether the nation can again create a political system in which they earn...
Agents follow common-sense rules. They choose covers as close to the truth as possible. In one case, Leach assumed the role of a dealer in deer and other exotic meats. When he and fellow agents busted his principal supplier, the man grabbed his pistol, and Leach found himself wrestling the gun away from his head...
...Explains Dr. Sheila Blume, director of a treatment program at South Oaks Hospital in Amityville, N.Y.: "There is no evidence of a single addictive personality type. You cannot go to a class of junior high kids and pick out who will become an addict." Nonetheless, addicts do have a common pattern of behavior. Observes Blume: "They have translated feelings of distress like 'I'm bored' or 'I'm lonely' or 'I'm angry' into feelings of 'I need a drink' or 'a hit' or 'a fix.' " Tina Tessina, a therapist in Long Beach, Calif., points out that people with dependencies...