Word: failings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...engaged Buddhism are merely aping Christian charity, a trend she fears. "We have a lot of Red Cross Buddhism. I have no problem with the Red Cross. But the question is, Will any of the three Buddhisms survive Protestantism because of [the strength of that] culture?" If they fail, she thinks America will have lost out on their most novel and vital contribution. "What can Buddhism provide this country that it doesn't have? The teachings on mind and the Four Noble Truths. There are enormous absences in the wisdom of this culture...
...What makes an atomic disaster so unlikely? Heat-resistant ceramic jackets around each plutonium pellet, which can easily withstand the temperature of reentry and the force of an explosion. If the system does fail, Cassini's opponents warn, trace amounts of plutonium could be inhaled and cause cancers of the lung, bone and liver. NASA's response: the average exposure would equal about 2 millirems over 50 years, a dose so mild that it makes standing next to your microwave look dangerous...
...Senate takes up the controversial campaign finance bill sponsored by Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), many senators and observers say the measure is likely to fail...
...Senator Feingold and I will keep pressing our case even if we fail tomorrow. We will offer a ban on soft money to whatever legislation is next considered by the Senate," he said...
...helm of Promise Keepers, McCartney has toned down some of his rhetoric. But part of what concerns NOW and other opponents is not what Promise Keepers' leaders say but what they fail to say. The group's mission is vague and unsettling regarding its relationships with women. It calls for men to take "spiritual leadership" over their wives, for example, and suggests that women follow. Feminists say this is a throwback to the days of women's servitude and oppression. Says NOW president Patricia Ireland: "Two adults standing as equals and peers taking responsibility for their family is a much...