Word: mannered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush's reaction to the catastrophic Alaskan oil 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...
...confrontational tactics are the only way to improve tolerance in society, and especially in sport, they should be used in a responsible manner. Athletics should be the paragon of equal opportunity for everyone...
THESE fundamental problems of unfairness and division are inherent in any service-for-financial-aid trade-off; they would exist regardless of whether the requirement is for civilian or military service. What makes the Nunn bill even worse is that--in the manner of the current ROTC but on a much grander scale--it would force people into the military. Raymond Davis of the D.C. Student Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism concludes that, because the proposed military voucher is so much greater than the voucher for civilian service, young people "would be likely to take one of the military options...
...trying to use this transparent metaphor to explain why -- despite all my sympathy for the works of perestroika -- I share the doubts of many about the reforms that are being called forth to rejuvenate the Soviet system in the democratic manner...
...much ofhospital waste could really do any harm?" saidMartin S. Bander of Massachusetts General, one ofHarvard's main teaching hospitals. "The samestandards should be applied to all sources of allmedical waste, such as doctor's offices andsurgery centers, which are not now required topack it in the same safe manner as hospitals...