Word: injection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Even If Government could affect personal behavior and channel private interests toward a public good, whether it should do so remains unclear. The Moral Majority, Will said, is justified in trying to inject moral issues into public debate, even if one disagrees with its positions and tactics. The way to respond to Jerry Falwell and his followers is not to discourage moral discussion, but rather to foster more intelligent debate--"not less moralizing, but better moralizing," as Will put it. But Will himself offered the best argument to counter his contention that government should impose moral standards. In discussing prayer...
...times of trouble, it has been Harlow's observation, there are no absolutely correct answers to problems, only approximate ones. As he sees it, a President in command must hold his course, tell the dissenters to go to hell-if possible, making them like it-and inject a bit of fear into his adversaries. "World peace and economic health are the two issues before Reagan now," says Harlow. "The rest are dwarfed by them. The President is the whale and he cannot let himself be eaten by the guppies...
...Administration also subtly shifted its basic rationale for the sale from the argument that it would give the Saudis the help they need to defend the oil fields to the claim that it would give the U.S. a new chance to inject its own military power into the Middle East. Buckley contended that U.S. military ground crews will be required in Saudi Arabia for years to maintain the complex aircraft. He even suggested that the ground facilities could be used by U.S. forces "if we do have to go in in a hurry" in any future emergency involving oil facilities...
...heroin. As one former user describes the sensation, "It's like taking an elevator at 100 m.p.h. to the top of the Empire State Building and then someone cuts the cable." A few middle class users who dabble with heroin in conjunction with cocaine smoke it rather than inject it in their veins like the ghetto kid. This, they believe, prevents addiction. Not so. Heroin, however used, is a fiercely addictive drug, and treatment centers are receiving an influx of well-dressed, well-to-do men and women who have sorely underestimated it. In Manhattan alone, dozens of such...
...July. Sacks will resign after ten years as dean of the Law School. He is quitting to give another person an opportunity to inject new ideas into the school. He will return after a year-long sabbatical to teach again at the Law School. but when he returns, things will be different--for the school and especially for Sacks...