Word: homely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...knew it was wrong for me to be hiring prostitutes from time to time," Frank said. "Gobie wasn't the only one. I knew it was wrong, but I couldn't sit home...
...What is our list of crimes in Cambridge?" Meyer asked. "Buying drugs? Having an abortion? Owning a home...
...Meyer said the referendum would give poor people a shot at the "American dream" by offering them the opportunity to buy a home...
...face of pressure from abroad and complaints from environmentalists at home, Brazil has grudgingly begun to respond. In April, only a few months after denouncing the environmental movement as a foreign plot to seize the forests, the Sarney administration announced a hastily patched-together conservation package dubbed Our Nature. Much of the language was ambiguous, but the program contained promising provisions, such as the temporary suspension of tax incentives that spur the most wasteful forest exploitation. Says Celio Valle, director of ecosystems at the government's newly created environmental agency: "Before, we used to consider Brazilian environmental groups...
...ruled that McAfee's right to refuse life-sustaining treatment outweighed the state's interest in preserving life. "The ventilator to which he is attached is not prolonging his life; it is prolonging his death," said Johnson. With the court's authorization, McAfee plans to move from a nursing home to a friend's apartment and end his life by using a mouth-activated timer to shut off the ventilator after medical personnel have sedated...