Word: let
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spill two weeks ago is a prime example. After the spill, the White House expressed some sympathy, but seemed unwilling to act in any manner. Instead of offering federal assistance, or even using the spill as a chance to speak out on a disturbing ecological issue, Bush decided to let Exxon handle the cleanup and said nothing more...
...Harvard good, Duke bad. Is that fair? Let's suppose that I, having only been at Harvard a few days, walked into a common room of one of these university's grand houses and overheard some male students referring to a woman as a girl, or making racial slurs, or even claiming that another region of the country has no culture. (I think we can all agree that this is not an inconceivable scenario.) Let's further suppose that I already knew some things about Harvard--say, that this University still has money invested in South Africa, while Duke divested...
...Bush's handling of the budget also reeks of this reactive, incapacitated management style. Bush did present, as he promised, a reasonable budget, only he let Congress do the work of filling in the blanks. Rather than be at the front of lawmaking action, Bush was content to leave himself out of the process...
...this has happened despite the objections of highly-respected dolphin trainers over the feasibility of the program. Indeed, Flipper's trainer Ric O'Barry, while admitting that dolphins are highly intelligent, added that they are also highly disobedient and unpredictable. O'Barry notes, "[Let's just say] I wouldn't want them guarding half our nuclear arsenal...
...panties and bras. She told the customs officers in some detail what she thought of them, and they, huffing dolefully, continued to read our personal papers: "Call Zhenya in the morning . . . don't forget about Yura . . . Sima . . . Sonya ; . . . Lyusya . . . In the evening -- 157-29-09 . . ." My wife didn't let up. I was bored. Why were they doing all this? After all, they didn't confiscate anything . . . Were they just trying to spoil the mood? Were they sniffing out bits and pieces now to remember for the future? Are they just waiting for the present freedom to end, and everything...