Word: hear
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...group would hear cases on which there is no clear precedent or consensus. After the group decided such a case, similar ones would go before the Ad Board...
Henning said Albert did not hear the horn before the puck went into the net, and therefore ruled the shot a goal...
...impetus for the voucher program was a study by the Rand Corp. that reached just the conclusion that free-market advocates wanted to hear: rental units in many cities are plentiful but too expensive for lower-income people. Though liberal critics derided the idea as just another way to cut services to the poor, the Administration is now well along on a five-year, $200 million pilot program to test vouchers in 20 communities. To date 15,000 leases have been subsidized by vouchers; eventually the Government plans to subsidize 140,000 rental units...
...heart of the military complaints is a sense that Aquino will bend more easily to meet the needs of the Communist guerrillas than she will to maintain the loyalty of her troops. It is now common to hear soldiers gripe that the Communist insurgents have got a "free ride" in the media since the cease-fire began last December. Another standard beef: guerrillas are not held accountable for human-rights abuses, but soldiers are. Asks one soldier: "If Aquino can be soft on the ((Communist)) rebels and offer them amnesty, why can't she treat the rebel soldiers...
...punishment. Given Ramos' and Ileto's soft treatment of the dissident troops, it is possible that Aquino will find herself without their support in pushing for maximum penalties. If she steps back from her firm pledge to hold those involved to the "fullest account," she is certain to hear from leftist quarters. "If she can't make these guys face a firing squad," snipes a student leader, "the least she can do is arrest them...