Word: lip
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...they will have to answer for their sins. Life after death is a reality for 7 out of 10. More important, Wills notes, Americans vote their religiosity. All candidates must invoke the Deity or face rejection on Election Day. And there are indications that the voters want more than lip service. During the 1988 presidential campaign, two surprisingly strong candidates, Pat Robertson and Jesse Jackson, were ordained ministers...
...millionaires and to the poorest widow. Yet while only 5% of the elderly have incomes below the official poverty level of $5,947 for a single person and $7,501 for a couple, 1 child in 5 lives in poverty. Even some senior citizens' groups have started paying lip service to the need to trim spending on affluent older people to free up funds for nutrition, schooling and health care for impoverished kids. One obvious way: subjecting Social Security and Medicare to means-testing so that benefits would be pegged to a recipient's ability to pay for the services...
Such outspokenness has led some observers, like jazz critic Leonard Feather, to feel that "Wynton talks a bit too much." Even Marsalis admits that the shoot-from-the-lip style of his early years went too far at times: "I was like 19 or something, man -- you know, wild. I didn't care." He has since become a less strident and far more articulate advocate for the cause. Says pianist and composer Billy Taylor, 69: "Wynton is the most important young spokesman for the music today. His opinions are well founded. Some people earlier took umbrage at what he said...
There is little doubt that an attack on Iraq without further provocation from Saddam will erode U.S. support in the Middle East. The Arab League is already split down the middle, with at least nine of its members, including some that offer lip service to the U.N. resolutions, giving overt backing to Iraq. Iran is, at best, equivocal. Saddam tries to build on this support with appeals based on brotherhood, religion and the Palestinian cause. It is interesting to note that he has never criticized his Syrian brothers for sending forces to Saudi Arabia, nor has he built up troops...
When Reilly talks about sacrifice for the team, she's not just offering lip service. The senior from Needham is postponing arthroscopic knee surgery until the season is over. An injury during her junior year at Nobles and Greenough High School led to reconstructive surgery. And in this season's first game at Providence, she tore cartilage in the same knee. Reilly is scheduled for her second knee surgery in November...