Word: contends
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some legitimate controversy over the science of global warming. There is virtually none when it comes to ozone depletion. So why is the U.S. balking, when the country's share would amount to no more than $25 million over the next three years? Sununu and Budget Director Richard Darman contend that the economic costs of protecting the environment have been overlooked. They fear the precedent of turning money over to international bodies that may try to dictate how countries, including the U.S., respond to environmental problems...
Detractors also contend that there is no clear link between self-esteem and academic performance and that a variety of people -- not just black men -- can effectively teach African-American boys. "It's helpful to have role models from one's own group," says child psychiatrist James Comer, director of the Child Study Center at Yale. "But there's probably no need to have role models exclusively from that group...
...course, neither San Diego nor UCLA has to contend with final exams, like the Crimson does...
Political insiders will contend that Barbara Bush could not speak her own mind even if she did disagree with her husband, the President; that, they will argue, is not the proper role of the First Lady...
...most potent arguments marshaled by defense contractors is that the cuts will turn American's military-industrial base into a Rust Belt, leaving the U.S. unable to supply its own defense needs. Some contractors contend, for example, that the cuts could knock them out of certain lines of business by driving away their suppliers. In one case, the Pentagon would temporarily end production of tanks at General Dynamics factories in Warren, Mich., and Lima, Ohio, then resume work by the end of the decade to make a new . generation of tanks. But General Dynamics argues that about...