Word: expendability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There are a lot more useful ways to expend energy than calling for this reappraisal," Letvin adds...
...less this trust exists, the more the quality of life degenerates. Paranoia replaces goodwill, and the time and energy we must expend to protect ourselves from malefactors saps our individual and collective strength. This is true no matter what type of society we discuss...
...result, "the plaintiffs suffered and will suffer great pain of body and anguish of mind, reduced earning capacity and have been and will be obligated to expend large sums of money for their medical care andexpenses," the suit reads...
Sorry if I've offended anybody, especially the truly loyal fans who have flocked to Harvard Stadium for decades. I realize that you don't have the energy to expend cheering or chanting--it's admirable that you come year in and year out, and it is not my intention to hurt your feelings...
...ever," says Thomas Halpern of the Anti-Defamation League in New York City. "But for the sake of public safety and the country as a whole, this is better than if the granddaddy of the far-right extremist movement presented a united front. If we're lucky they'll expend their energy fighting each other, and they won't have anything left to infect the American body politic...