Word: making
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...have encountered problems with language--at times we have had difficulty saying exactly what we wanted to say or even speaking at all. Moments like these make us painfully aware of the limitations of language, of our language. We realize that speech is a labor of love, an effort to obliterate the spaces and experiences that block our understanding of one another, render them irrelevant in some human communion. Paradoxically, these failings of language and speech connect us--our blighted attempts become a universal tie in the human experience...
...when Susman argued that there is a fundamental right to abortion, Scalia appeared to see the border of one right impinging upon another. "It is very hard to say . . . that it must be a fundamental right," he replied, "unless you make the determination that the organism that is destroyed is not a human life...
...diplomats suggested the likelihood of a compromise before the alliance's summit meeting in May. But NATO cannot discount the dominating figure of Mikhail Gorbachev. In the minds of many Europeans -- if not in fact -- Gorbachev has removed the Soviet threat with seductive arms initiatives, particularly his promise to make major unilateral cuts in Soviet army forces in Eastern Europe...
Having finally won one, Republican leaders insist that the momentum from Thomas' victory will help them regain control of the House in 1990. But the % Democrats' 260-to-175 advantage among incumbents seeking re-election, more than 90% of whom can count on winning, seems to make that a hollow claim...
...peculiarly American idea that the social injustices of the past can be mollified with cash and property payments. In 1980 the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Federal Government to pay some $122 million to eight tribes of Sioux Indians to make up for the illegal seizure of their tribal lands in 1877. Two years ago, Japanese Americans forced into internment camps during World War II were awarded checks for $20,000. Now some African Americans want cash compensation for the slavery their ancestors endured. "We call for reparations," declared a resolution passed at the African-American summit in New Orleans...