Word: dismiss
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wasn't crystal clear before that there is an ultra-conservative crusade out to get Bill Clinton, now there is proof in the fact that Paula Jones is appealing the judge's decision to dismiss her case [ESSAY, April 27]. Jones has always been a pawn of the right wing, which will spend any amount to bring Clinton down. These Clinton haters have promised to bankroll her legal expenses; they don't care about her vindication. Jones is a complete phony. TOBY MACK Roxas City, the Philippines...
Some might dismiss the idea that such unsavory things will arise when each student is only assessed a minuscule portion of the bill. Perversely, the fact that the bill is so small exacerbates the insult. With parents working to pay for an already exorbitant tuition, having a charge of $6.50 tacked on their child's term bill with the terse explanation "damage done to common area" rubs salt in a raw wound...
...those advances result in no tangible job detriment. Burlington Industries employed Kimberly Ellerth, whose supervisor was Theodore Slowik. Ellerth accuses Slowik of unwanted advances, such as telling her to wear shorter skirts and to loosen up and have some "fun." Ellerth also alleges Slowik implied he would demote or dismiss her unless she complied...
...corruption within alternative medicine and that certain practitioners may not have the most principled of intentions. It is important to be critical and cautious when evaluating the efficacy of these therapies. At the same time, if one professes loyalty to the rigorous standards of modern science, one cannot dismiss novel alternative treatments as fake without first subjecting them to serious scientific scrutiny. Everyone involved must keep an open mind and resist the tendency to summarily reject alternative treatments which may initially appear strange, startling or implausible...
...placebo effect has been singled out by many as the main reason for the efficacy of alternative therapies. It is unreasonable to dismiss all alternative medicines as working through the placebo effect, because of the systematic and controlled scientific studies which have begun to demonstrate the validity of such treatments as acupuncture or herbal medicine. The pervasiveness of the placebo effect, which we must keep in mind when examining both conventional and alternative medicine, reminds us that controlled, double-blind studies are essential for assessing the efficacy of any type of therapy...