Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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INSTEAD, an opportunity to enjoin debate on a high level was passed up in favor of the low road. Instead of one candidate questioning another, the dope on Biden was passed under the table to the press, to be revealed in a front-page New York Times story that seemed to come from nowhere. If this is the case Sasso used the press to stifle debate...
Debate, as John Sasso well knows, requires discussion between candidates. The public then decides who has been more convincing. The candidate who is challenged has the opportunity to respond at a level of seriousness to the issues put forth by his rival. If Dukakis charges Biden with being disingenuos, Biden can counter by explaining why Kinnock and the Kennedys hold such a sway over him. But the press justifies revelations, such as those pertaining to Biden, by invoking the right of scrutiny which is by design not a dialogue, but rather an examination...
Although the last student, Greg Williams, originally received the most severe level of disciplinary probation, he has since been granted the freedom to play varsity football, which serves to virtually annul the essential impact of the Ad Board's decision. The obvious question is what exactly is the meaning of disciplinary probation "vice severe" after this recent development...
...played down at their level. We got angry that they caught up," said senior Peter Kaiser. "[Then] we played awesome...
...piety has led to pollution. Not every family can afford enough firewood for a complete cremation, so thousands of half-charred corpses are dumped into the river each year. "When these bodies decompose," says D. Chakaraborti of the Central Ganges Authority, "they pollute the water to a dangerous level...