Word: heard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vote truly becomes one's voice to be heard in the apportionment of representation. Nations that use proportional representation enjoy voter turnout rates high above those in the United States, which is currently mired in an undeniably alarming state of voter apathy. Voters in America are reluctant to vote for a third party because they fear theirs will be a wasted vote, and this may discourage them from voting altogether...
...first and third, and only marginally on the second piece, although we were helped by the other boat's inexperienced coxswain, whose creative steering maneuvers included running the boat up on the sandbank between Arsenal and North Beacon on the first piece. After practice they said they heard the skeg drag along the bottom, but it stayed attached...
...fault also lies with the student body. Students need to claim their right to vote in elections. Students need to be able to express their displeasure and feel that they are being heard. Students need to influence policy at this University. Until they do, no amount of council reform will give it the student mandate candidates have been screaming about for years. The two seconds that it takes to type 'ucvote' at the fas prompt are two seconds that say to the administration: "Having a student voice matters...
...respect is the root of all evil" and "Pain shared is pain divided," he preaches, building to where he demands honest answers to a few questions. "How many of you have seen fights start here at school for something silly?" The hands shoot up. "How many of you have heard the words homo, faggot and dyke used in school?" A sea of hands again, just as when he asks if they have seen students isolated and ridiculed. "This is not how we want to live," he says...
...CABBAGE CURE If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Eat your fruits and vegetables! Now there's a new reason to do so. Five servings a day may reduce the odds of ischemic stroke by 25%, and 10 servings--swallow hard--by 31%. Fruits and veggies seem to help prevent the formation of dangerous blood clots associated with strokes. The best of the bunch: cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cabbage, as well as citrus fruits...