Word: heed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Chastened reformers have been swift to heed the electoral message that when Yeltsin does not offer his coattails, they risk a ride into oblivion. While Yeltsin remained silent after the electoral returns, his confidant Mikhail Poltoranin warned, "Fascism is creeping in the door opened by our divisions and our ambitions." Yegor Gaidar, who heads Russia's Choice, the largest reformist party, and is architect of Yeltsin's economic reforms, was more blunt, calling upon the three reformist parties to "lay aside all ambitions and disagreements" to forge a "united front...
Clinton rejected the Big Brother approach of Simon and Reno, one not made constitutional by the mere fact of its popularity. Hollywood probably will not heed the president's plea, but the nation should take notice of his emphasis...
Recovered-memory therapists might do well to heed those guidelines before they cause irreparable damage to their profession. For, as the public begins to recognize that people have been falsely accused by recovered-memory patients, says psychiatrist McHugh, it "opens us up to skepticism and dismay about our capacity to do things. This is a bubble that is going to burst. We will end up having to re-create the trust this country puts in psychotherapy...
Those are wise words, and both Perot and his White House foes should heed them. NAFTA supporters do Americans no favor when they decry Perot's demagoguery and then employ demagogic and divisive tactics for their own purposes...
...stroll before I hit the record stores, and then maybe check out the races. I need some fresh air and a clear mind to calm me down after last night's traumas. I would recommend the same for Nick, but at this point, it's unclear whether he need heed my advice anymore...