Word: discard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with its affluence and industrial might, is by far the most profligate offender. Each year Americans throw away 16 billion disposable diapers, 1.6 billion pens, 2 billion razors and blades and 220 million tires. They discard enough aluminum to rebuild the entire U.S. commercial airline fleet every three months. And the country is still struggling to clean up the mess created by the indiscriminate dumping of toxic waste. Said David Rall, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: "In the old days, waste was disposed of anywhere you wanted -- an old lake, a back lot, a swamp...
...order to view the decision properly, we must discard the myth of a passive and aloof court. The court must be seen as a dynamic player in the field of public policy, which must negotiate, administer and oversee such affirmative decrees if it proposes to continue the battle to give substantive meaning to the rhetoric of equality...
Critics complain that the third section makes the Journal cumbersome, while some advertisers are said to be concerned that the new format allows readers to discard sections they prefer not to read. But these arguments hardly seem valid. The format makes the previously scattershot Journal more reader friendly and attractive -- and that can't be bad for business...
...Eighth Circuit, writing for the majority, rejected the argument that Minnesota's requirement would often add to family problems: "Although some parents may be abusive, or at best unhelpful to their minor child faced with the decision whether to have an abortion, that is hardly a reason to discard the pages of experience teaching that parents generally do act in their child's best interests...
...deterrents to further proliferation. The ads cost a lot, as much as $35,000 more than a regular one-page color ad in a magazine like Mademoiselle. Some readers still complain about the most aggressive inserts, and other, unscented advertisers may be afraid that readers will discard the magazine to escape from a smelly page. Gripes Nancy Conarroe, a Manhattan food consultant: "I am allergic to perfume, and I get angry when magazines invade my space with aromas that are offensive and unwanted...