Word: nay
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Laimbeer, the physical, nay, Neanderthalish Pistons power forward, has a point: the foundation, the cornerstone, the Magna Carta of sports is The Tryout. At a pro baseball game, players have tried out and made the team. The umps have gone through a rigorous process of schooling and elimination. Who knows? Maybe the best grass-snippers were selected to comprise the groundskeeping crews...
...decision by the anti-war movement to excuse--nay, pat on the back--the foot-soldiers of this allegedly immoral war is downright scary. It is inconsistent to argue the immorality of Desert Storm while giving the moral green light to American soldiers in Saudi Arabia. Carried to its logical conclusion, such a stance would sanction the most morally despicable conduct by individuals--so long as they were only following orders...
...melodious instrument is no trombone; nay, it is the most noble, most formidable of the brasses, the B-Flat Sousaphone, named after the distinguished composer and band master, John Philip Sousa. Had you termed the instrument a tuba, I would have been satisfied, as the distinction is not one that the uninitiated often grasp; but classification as a trombonist is more than I can reasonably stomach...
Provided they can get away with it, that is. Opposition to drug price hikes is growing fiercer, and includes some hefty corporate nay-sayers. General Motors, which spent $264 million in 1988 on prescription drugs for its employees, has been meeting with drug-company representatives to discuss cost containment. Though the talks are friendly, Thomas J. Morr, general director of employee benefits for General Motors, warns, "If we continue to increase our drug expenditures by 33% per member of our work force, as we did in 1989, we will have to consider more creative ways to cut costs...