Word: direction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years, my family has packed a menorah and candles on overseas vacations because the practice of lighting it is so religiously symbolic and important to us. Christmas lights and trees, on the other hand, are traditional but not mandated by Christian teaching. They are pretty and sentimental but without direct religious symbolism...
...from very low-wage countries or steel from Korea, Brazil and Russia. It marches in Seattle under the hypocritical (or to be more generous, simply erroneous) claim that it represents the interests of the world's workers, when it is in fact mostly representing its own members at the direct cost of much poorer workers in the developing world, and at the cost of U.S. consumers that would like to buy those less expensive goods from abroad. When President Clinton, in his inimitable way, feels their pain, he is of course feeling the pain of a powerful lobby which...
...football-game ritual is worth 12 lives and 27 hospitalizations. For Texas A&M to perpetuate the tradition as it is now would be unwise and irresponsible. Instead, the school should limit the size and height of the bonfire and hire more outside professionals to supervise and direct its construction. A 5-and-a-half-story bonfire is an excessive, unnecessary waste of time and natural resources. Furthermore, college students with no outside construction experience should not be entrusted with the execution of such a gargantuan building project...
...make the council more activist. During her time in student government, the council spoke out on same-sex commitment ceremonies in Memorial Church and lack of women and minorities in the faculty. One major thing she did gain from her experiences was a sense of connections: "That sense of direct accountability and the excitement that came with moving toward our common goals continues to inspire me." Rawlins currently works for a new family foundation in Boston...
...times we have been confrontational," Cavellini says. "We know that to sustain a good direct action campaign takes a lot of time, effort and people, so we try to negotiate where possible...