Word: infer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unnecessary to repeat here the basic arguments in favor of amnesty. Since 1972 polls have shown that a large majority of Americans think the Vietnam war was a mistake. It seems safe to infer that most of these people favor, or at least would accept, the idea of amnesty. At any rate, there seems little doubt that Jimmy Carter plans some kind of action on the matter. But the question remains: how far will...
...chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by man's attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, than can woman--whether requiring deep thought, reason, or imagination, or merely the use of the sense and hands... We may also infer...that if men are capable of a decided pre-eminence over women in many subjects, the average of mental power in man must be above that in woman. --Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation...
...might infer from these character outlines, The Last Chance is almost too delicious a novel to take seriously, to read any other way than curled up in bed late in the night, never looking away from the pages until the last savory morsel has been devoured. But toward the end of the meal, as depression threatens to dampen the reader's enthusiasm, the stark reality behind the lascivious, B-rated fluff emerges...
...coach likes to joke about his reasons for staying in shape, and explained, "I feel it is necessary to set standards for the coaching staff," adding with a wink, "I don't want anyone to infer that I'm talking about Stowell and Hunt," his assistant coaches...
...definition of "gay" seems to be the most a propose introduction. To me "homosexual" clearly refers to one's sexual preference, but "gay" encompasses much more than this. To be "gay" is to infer a much broader social context than that of the sexual partner alone. It is a lifestyle: one's primary social identification and sphere of interaction is with members of one's own sex and consequently, one's emotional identification is within that sphere as well. What this means then is that a woman need never to have had sex with another woman...