Word: impressment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...need makeup or a mask on our face to impress foreigners or to make them like us. Of course, I would like our country to be liked by humanity -- not through lies, but because of the truth it brings to the world. But most of all, I want our country to like itself. We love it, are proud of its traditions. But not all traditions are good. And priterpelost is a bad tradition that must be rejected as being incompatible with perestroika...
Austrian has lost only two individual matches in dual Ivy meets in four years. And if excellence doesn't impress you, consider this: she has never missed a match...
Those who decry the omissions of Western Civ courses do not mean to weigh the virtues of other systems against those of Western democracy. They intend to impress us with the impossibility of such comparisons. The call for these offerings is not made because certain overlooked books are--by some standard--deserving of attention. The claim for the overlooked books is made out of the conviction that any standard must reflect someone's opinion--and therefore must be replaced by a non-discriminating "openness...
...camp professes confidence that Bush will do better once California voters are more familiar with him. Just as important, Dukakis' image is also hazy. Reporters doing voter interviews are amused to discover that some citizens say they prefer "Dukis" or "Duksis" to Bush. So far Dukakis has managed to impress liberals as a liberal and moderates as a moderate. Bush argues that familiarity with Dukakis will breed voter contempt. "When I see one poll saying that two-thirds of the public think Dukakis is more conservative than I am, I say, 'Hey, what in the world goes on here...
This kind of approach might have worked before a lacrosse game. But it didn't impress the Harvard rowers, who answered his exhortation with serious stares...