Word: ironize
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...sure, the Drug Free Student Loans Provision remains law not because its injustice is debatable, but rather because of the quagmire into which debate over drug policy has sunk. Rhetoric has eclipsed logic as politicians come down with an iron fist knowing that it will win them votes, even though they also know that a war on drug users wastes billions of dollars each year and turns hundreds of thousands of Americans into criminals when, if anything, they ought to be helped, not jailed or denied access to education...
...where he held talks with President Vladimir Putin. Bogota A bomb ripped through a social club in the Colombian capital, killing at least 30 people and raising fears that leftist rebels were fulfilling a pledge to attack the country's élite. Mecca Saudi officials vowed to use "an iron fist" against any terrorists who try to disrupt the hajj, the annual five-day pilgrimage to Islam's holiest city, below...
Galluccio said that until the public health commission makes an effort to regulate other workplaces where employees who are exposed to carcinogens—like iron workers and gas station attendants—he would not consider this ban motivated by health concerns...
...friends who are always supportive of my academic career. (Imagine whining children: “Ah-haa, you have to pick courrrrses. And you still have hommmmework.” They say this as they sit down in front of the Food Channel with beers.) I left them with Iron Chef and headed to Langdell Library to search for these fabled chairs. I had to ask a reference librarian...
However, a number of obstacles stand in the way of development—the property is crisscrossed by miles of iron and concrete, cut in two pieces by the turnpike, and dominated by rail lines owned by CSX—which has rights to use the land in perpetuity...