Word: mentioning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...allows its people to reinvent themselves and create new opportunities, Fallows writes. Disorder makes America great, and great Americans are the ones who aren't constrained by stagnant societal customs. Those who really contribute to American strength are the entrepreneurs like Steve Wozniak and Steven Jobs, not to mention the grunts who take jobs in the oil fields when their factories close, confident that they can start their lives anew...
What I found shocking was her failure to make any mention of the courage and sacrifice of the young Chinese students who champion the very values Ms. Bhutto so passionately pleaded for. While such a glaring omission could be viewed as political expedience designed not to offend current Chinese leadership, such discretionary judgement seriously diminishes the moral imperative of her call to fight for the preservation and spread of democracy and liberty...
Another result is that Harvard has more famous professors than President Ronald W. Reagan had administration scandals. The University's Facts and Figures 1989 booklet lists 30 Nobel Laureates who have taught at Harvard this century. And Harvard has bred more presidential advisors (not to mention presidents) in its time than any other school...
...sold 300,000 copies at $4.95 each, ranks 1,300 products and their manufacturers according to ten criteria, including the promotion of women and minorities, testing on animals and environmental sensitivity. Special commendations go to S.C. Johnson, maker of Raid, for banning ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons from its products. Dishonorable mention falls on pesticide manufacturers like Dow Chemical...
This grim fantasy is engendered by exposure, in rapid succession, to the films underlying those last two presold titles and by the prospect of The Karate Kid III, Lethal Weapon II, Nightmare on Elm Street V and, heaven forfend, Friday the 13th VIII. Not to mention James Bond umpty-ump. The basic criticism of sequels is as familiar as it is correct: they represent the triumph of commercial caution over creative daring...