Word: concerning
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Republicans cursed the media and, increasingly, one another, without altering the race. Continued economic concern--and presumptuous speculation about an Obama presidency--made a GOP breakthrough seem even more remote...
...also said that the quality of the books may be a cause for concern, as “in many cases will be missing photographs, illustrations and other pictorial works, which will reduce their utility for research and education...
...This year the two-week run-up is letting election watchdogs detect potential problems - not just defective voting-booth technology but also the new no-match, no-vote laws that tighten voter-identification requirements at the polls but that critics say threaten to inordinately disenfranchise minority voters. A new concern is the home-foreclosure crisis, which in hard-hit states like Florida may leave thousands of voters without a valid voter address to claim. No major problems have been reported so far, but lawyers for both parties are at the ready (and at polling sites) to make a case...
...from these posters—regardless of whether we agree with a particular student group’s aims. Thus, the news that the posters of Harvard Right to Life (HRL) were being subjected to “serious and persistent instances of vandalism” was cause for concern. We commend the College administration for its timely reaction—an e-mail sent to all students via House lists by Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd— but wish that the reminder had been a bit more nuanced. As veterans of the postering process...
...Democrats say they remain confident, but there are clear undercurrents of concern. Governor Rendell and party officials have asked Obama to spend more time in the state to counter the McCain offensive, and indeed the Democrat has made appearances in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia over the past couple of days to make his closing arguments. "John McCain's ridden shotgun as George Bush's driven this economy towards a cliff, and now he wants to take the wheel and step on the gas," the Illinois Senator told a wet crowd of 9,000 outside of Philadelphia on Tuesday...