Word: discussion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that my father, a compulsive gambler, committed suicide. I was glad to see that your article dealt in some detail with the small minority of gamblers who have the good sense to participate in treatment programs like Gamblers Anonymous, but I was surprised that you chose not to discuss the huge number of compulsive gamblers like my father, who for some reason are unwilling or unable to seek help for themselves. Compulsive gambling is cruel and self-destructive, unless the addict makes a serious attempt to kick his habit...
...which Administration officials will urge business and labor leaders in general terms to make sacrifices for the sake of noninflationary growth. He also forecasts a highly informal "prenotification" standard−a request that businessmen and labor leaders inform the new President privately of planned wage and price hikes and discuss their justification in advance. Pechman, director of economic studies at Brookings, urges that Carter appoint a new chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability, who would vigorously denounce excessive wage and price hikes...
Feeling a need for these answer, or at least a desire to find support among other group of black Radcliffe women met last spring to discuss the position of black women at Harvard...
Rosovsky said in the letter the Faculty Council would discuss the proposals later this year, but only after students had decided whether to boycott the CRR again and had formed a new ad hoc reform committee...
Many of the seminars focused on the nuts-and-bolts" aspect of congressional activity, and the congressmen-elect had plenty of time to discuss practical political matters with veteran congressmen, former legislative aides, congressional committee counsels and other Washington types...