Word: exploitable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There is a willingness to exploit the most critical areas in which there is prejudice or a danger of prejudice in this country," he said...
These days, however, manufacturers are going to greater lengths to exploit consumers' unwary nature. Critics charge that cosmetics promotion has moved beyond the bounds of puffery and into the realm of unsubstantiated medical claims. "Where is the evidence?" asks dermatologist John Reeves of San Francisco. "It's time for cosmetics manufacturers to put up or shut...
...embracing humans as an integral part of nature, restorationists are bringing a fresh perspective to the increasingly bitter contest between those who would exploit wild areas and those who would preserve them. Even more important, in their heroic, often desperate struggle to recover what has nearly been lost, they have grasped a truth many of us only dimly comprehend: if the fate of humans depends on nature, the fate of nature, irrevocably and irretrievably, rests in human hands...
THERE ARE OTHER issues that the Democrats can exploit, but these are the top ones. The deteriorating educational system is a fair attack on the "education President," but it's unclear how much Americans care about education. Ditto for the environment. The budget deficit is a traditional attack, but it doesn't stir up passion, either. Emphasizing crime, gun control, taxes, abortion and the economy is the best...
...supermodels are something of a social anachronism: who they are is how they look. Yet feminism of a sort has come to modeling, at least behind the scenes. More and more top stars have learned how to exploit themselves rather + than be exploited by someone else. If anyone is going to control the product and the profits, they are. Says Turlington, 22: "We realize the power we have. We're making tons and tons of money for these companies, and we know...