Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...them to investigate the real meaning of leadership. She said adding "It's to make them more conscious of their decision-making process and to get them to sit down with people who violently disagree with them...
...seemed to have a surprise in store for the audience. In fact, three-quarters of the time, the audience either was laughing or snickering. Danilo Radojevic was superb in his characterization of the male lead. He acted and danced, poked fun and tried to be serious without displaying any conscious effort or strain. In past years, Mikhail Baryshnikov has danced this part, but Radojevic added his own spunk and cleverness that equally compare to Baryshnikov's dazzling reputation...
Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it: Our civilization is decadent, and our language--so the argument runs--must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument we shape...
...fact of the matter is that the President is playing a down limp game with words. He appeals to one's "understanding," to distract the listener from what's going on; the attempt may or may not be conscious, but the result is the same...
...commission criticized the low state of alert among the Marines. "Every Marine interviewed expressed concern over the restrictions against inserting magazines in weapons" while inside the compound, the report says. It pins responsibility on Geraghty, who said that he "made a conscious decision" to ban the loaded M-16 rifles "to preclude accidental discharge and possible injury to innocent civilians." Shortly after the bombing, Geraghty was reassigned to the U.S. with other survivors of the bomb blast...