Word: deem
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...information office we deem to be a critical function and a very appropriate use of the space," Levitan said. "Holyoke Center is a good place for visitors to come and get their bearings...
Apparently, your columnist views black opinion as nearly monolithic and thinks that because Thomas is black, he must represent the views of liberal civil rights organizations. It is demeaning and condescending to try to lump the diverse members of an entire community into one orthodoxy and deem only one view authentic. No one would suggest that Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer must reflect "Jewish views," or that Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy must represent "Irish opinions." Moreover, the Supreme Court is not a representative body; its members are appointed for life so that they...
Obviously, any healthy society must deem financial support for children a moral obligation of parenthood. The point, which Gingrich so conveniently glides over, is that in a truly robust society this won't be the only such obligation; the current crisis of the family goes beyond dollars and cents. When journalists note pointedly that Timothy McVeigh was a child of divorce, they aren't suggesting that the attendant financial insecurity is what caused psychological problems...
...successful strategy still possible? Perhaps. Where the remaining hostages are concerned, the message should be clear: harm them, and you will suffer a pounding even Saddam Hussein might deem impressive. For the long term, the beginning of wisdom is to cease denying the reality that there is no peace to keep, while pursuing a three-pronged plan...
...there remains the possibility that the CityCouncil will deem at least one of the threeproperties eyed by Sheraton "historicallysignificant...