Word: formalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...There wasn't any real reason to have it as a formal item," Butler said, adding, "it would be easier" if overseers' remarks weren't recorded...
...foes of South Korea's military-backed government, last week was both the best and the worst of times. On the one hand, an overwhelming 93% of voters approved a new constitution that calls for direct elections and guarantees human rights. On the other hand, a formal split between Leading Dissidents Kim Dae Jung, 63, and Kim Young Sam, 59, dimmed prospects for an opposition victory next month, when South Korea holds its first democratic presidential election in 16 years. The rupture increased chances that Roh Tae Woo, the ruling party's candidate, would emerge the winner...
...represents an attempt by Monsanto to accommodate regulatory guidelines that many scientists think are too strict. It is also aimed at mollifying public fears. Monsanto had originally planned to test a strain of Pseudomonas altered to produce a natural insecticide. The EPA nixed the field test, mainly because its formal evaluation was incomplete. Still, worried residents living near the Missouri test site protested loudly...
Women's groups have distributed flyers denouncing the use of strippers in fraternities, and they have said they may pursue formal complaints against the fraternities and stage protests if there are more striptease events...
Blueprint 2000 is still in early planning stages. The programs it designs are scheduled to be carried out in January 1989. Right now the project is gathering information from the 351 cities and towns of Massachusetts, and has yet to draw formal conclusions about the state's needs...