Word: corrective
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...under half the total reported. In the face of the surprisingly high voter turnout of 65 percent, a chastened Yeltsin spokesman said that the vote may cause the government to moderate its reform tactics: "It is necessary to draw conclusions from the results of the Sunday elections and to correct the course of reforms." Capturing an estimated 9.6 percent of the vote counted so far, Yeltsin ally and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin's Our Home Russia party is a disappointing third in the race. Although the elections are seen by many as a rejection of the Yeltsin government, their immediate...
Simply stated, the deployment of troops to Bosnia in no way serves the vital national interests of America. Such a stance is harsh; it might truly be described as Machiavellian, but it is nonetheless correct. Our position in Bosnia requires a long-standing future commitment to Clinton's frivolous Dayton peace accord. From any perspective it is a position which, rather than serve our national interest, works against...
...music is not "authentically" black. He writes: "What Carey's career may teach us is that paranoia about purity is the real enemy of black cultural expression, which at its best is characterized by the amalgamation of radically different elements." Dyson's worthy amalgam of essays proves that correct...
...average B+ is an 88. We have to normalize the scales, since an F is worth zero points on Harvard's scale; thus, 60 is the zero point for the 100-point scale. Of course the ratio on this 40-point scale is not correct (test (91-60)/14 against (88-60)/12)--but it wouldn't be with a 13-point A-/B+ assigned to a numerical grade anywhere in between! The fact is that our 15-point scale cannot possibly be proportional in either manifestation...
While the controversy over politically correct decorations has left the house dining halls bare this season, students continue to brighten the dull days of December by decking the walls, mantels and windows of their own humble abodes...