Word: informative
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...inform her, quite politely of course, that Harvard was still in the tournament. It was Cornell that had lost...
...least not the John Wayne movie man. He is a soft guy in a tough spot. Even after Alex boils Ellen's pet rabbit on the country cottage stove, Dan cannot inform Beth that he and Alex were lovers; Beth has to elicit the fact by asking him directly. The women have the cojones in this picture. It is Beth who will earn the movie's first cheer when she tells Alex, "If you ever come near my family again, I'll kill you, you understand?" And Alex who will take Beth up on her dare, swiping Ellen from school...
...C.P.D.'s new ARES (Auxiliary Robotic Education System) robot. He will visit Cambridge schools to warn high school students against drug abuse, peer pressure, and drunk driving, and to lecture grammar school students about the use of seat belts and school bus safety. Officer Caring will also inform 4th. 5th and 6th graders about the dangers of drug abuse before they reach high school...
...items it misplaces in a year ($1,013,697,000) to it's yearly phone bill ($84,800,000)...to the number of cockroaches (2,000,000) estimated to be roaming around the Pentagon. Making their own contribution to the old debate over guns versus butter, the editors inform that it costs 263 pounds of butter for an M-16 rifle. Statistic has become metaphor...
Will other women be more inclined to choose mastectomy, following the First Lady's example? Dr. Bernard Fisher of the University of Pittsburgh, a leading proponent of lumpectomy, thinks not. Most women are aware of the alternatives, he says. Indeed, eleven states have laws requiring doctors to inform breast- cancer patients of all treatment options. Last week, as Mrs. Reagan convalesced, it was already apparent that her battle with cancer was having at least one positive effect: radiologists around the country reported that appointments for mammograms were up sharply...