Word: dwell
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...instead it is easier to dwell on the racist quotes (which I'm not saying he didn't make) and the audacity of BSA to invite such a speaker that would provide such divisiveness on campus...
Third, McDonald and Landry dwell upon Salient staffer Jendi Reiter's recent support for gay rights, while conveniently ignoring Manuel Lopez's criticisms of homosexuality that appeared on the same page. McDonald and Landry practically wallow in distortion...
...most domestic ecological concerns off the front pages. The recession has prompted many people to question the costs of environmentalism and made it harder for preservation groups to raise money and boost membership. In the presidential campaign, saving the planet has become an orphaned issue. No savvy candidate would dwell on ozone depletion and the need for biodiversity when voters are worrying about whether they'll have a job next year or be able to pay their medical bills...
...modern story. Like most movies that wish mainly to warm our hearts, FRIED GREEN TOMATOES is basically a lie. But it works. In part that's because all the actresses ground their archetypal characters in strongly realized reality, in part because the skittery script doesn't permit us to dwell on any of its improbabilities, and in part because director Jon Avnet energetically insists that the light of sheer good nature can always banish the essential blackness of his tale...
Likewise, we choose not to dwell on the fact that homosexuals who are unhappy about being gay might be less so if their medically unalterable orientation did not require them to participate in a struggle for basic rights which has continued unjustly for far longer than Wasinger's 20-odd years. Here we are interested in ensuring that Peninsula's version of the adage "hate the sin but love the sinner," informed as it is by the authors' stated desire to develop laws, public policies, and community standards which would publicly "discourage" homosexuality, is not mistaken by homosexuals or straights...