Word: deem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...where's Burt? You mean to say that Harper's Bazaar selects six guys they deem the nation's "most eligible" men, and forgets America's favorite bachelor, Burt Reynolds, 46? Not only that, the magazine asks his favorite bachelorette, Loni Anderson, 36, to play centerpiece with the designated half a dozen? Life, as Burt is sure to have said in at least one of his movies, is unfair. Fair or not, the "chosen" six are slotted by categories: Dudley Moore, 47 (lovableness); OJ. Simpson, 35 (business savvy); James Caan, 43 (receptiveness); George Burns, 87 (maturity...
Ideologically, we oppose the whole idea of uniformed vigilantes mobilizing wherever they deem their presence is needed. Romantic visions of wild, wild West ranchers hunting down evil bandits should not overshadow other examples in our history of people taking the law into their own hands. The Ku Klux Klan, after all, lynched for the sake of Southern order and womanhood...
...being made about registering for the draft [July 28], let's start a new system whereby all men under, say, 45 who feel that a peacetime draft is imperative would go to the post office and give a written commitment to join our military if the Government should deem it necessary. This solution would stop complaints from our 19-and 20-year-olds and would give the older men a chance to prove again their deep devotion to this country...
...Paris, President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing did not deem Anderson important enough to grant him an audience, but the Congressman did meet with French Foreign Minister Jean François-Poncet and had a long discussion with Premier Raymond Barre...
...That Congress and the states may refuse to pay for abortions sought by poor women, even when doctors deem the abortions to be "medically necessary." The vote...