Word: intentionally
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BOUNCERS AND BARTENDERS in the Commonwealth may have to weed a lot more minors from majors this year, as the legislature seems intent on raising the drinking age to 21. With the probable backing of the legislative and executive leadership, and a lack of any explicit opposition, the date the law goes into effect appears all that is uncertain about the proposal. That is unfortunate, because boosting the drinking age by one year would be not only unfair but ineffective in its ostensible purpose--preventing traffic deaths. It would simply be a gratuitous slap at the state's young adults...
Having weapons companies move a short distance may seem contrary to the intent of the legislation, but looking realistically, I don't see it that way. The Nuclear Free Cambridge referendum will clearly not change our military policy overnight. However, with new first strike weapons about to be deployed in Europe and research for such weapons going on here in Cambridge, it will set an example and a precedent for other cities to effectively say "No!" to first strike weapons and the deadly spiral of the arms race. This will pressure legislators to oppose military spending which would...
...zone of them all--the gulf that separates East and West. As tension mounts and technology becomes increasingly difficult to control, incidents like last week's will multiply. Then the resolve required to follow a moderate course will crumble and the unthinkable will be possible--whether through accident or intent. A warning has indeed been sounded. Now we must insure that those on board flight 007 did not die in vain...
...they resemble each other physically, the villages are defended by militias that use strikingly similar rhetoric. Both argue that they are merely defending their homes and that the enemy is the aggressor. Both insist that there is nothing religious about their fight but that the other side is intent on imposing its will on the whole of Lebanon. The Christian Phalangists came to the Chouf under Israeli army protection; the Druze operate from secure bases behind Syrian lines. Nonetheless, each side blames the other for drawing foreign powers into the conflict...
...politics, and displayed a conspicuous lack of curiosity about thinking and lifestyles different from her own. She lived and breathed socialism, yet when I suggested that she put her extensive political knowledge to practical use by working in government, she decried such work as "opportunistic" and stated emphatically her intent to remain in academics. When I asked her what appeal an ivory tower life held for her, she replied, "I want to be paid to think." It seemed to me a highly aristocratic (and opportunistic) notion for a socialist to have...