Word: neutrality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Marsh uses gold. In answer to my question. "Do you have Hanukkah paper?" both stores replied "yes" as opposed to The Coop, which replied "no." I think the answers reflect an attitude. I do not think that red and white paper with The Coop written all over it (your "neutral" paper) is appropriate for any holiday gift, especially a Hanukkah gift...
First of all, if the Congress is to grapple successfully with the unprecedented implications of recombinant DNA research, for which it is still the principle source of funding, we must have a reasonably neutral source of advice on these matters. It would be disastrous if we were unable to receive neutral options from the best minds at universities and other research institutions because they were all on the payrolls of companies that have financial stakes in the outcome of the policy debates. It would be equally troublesome if truly neutral scientists could be found but could not discuss their work...
...acidic "depositions," as scientists call them, can come down in almost any form, including hail, snow, fog or even dry particles. On the standard chemical scale for measuring acidity or alkalinity, they are defined as having a pH level under 5.6 (a neutral solution has pH 7). Despite the use of tracking balloons and other sophisticated techniques, it is difficult to link acidity with a specific smokestack. But there is little doubt about the damaging effects of acid rain. Absorbed into the soil, it breaks down minerals containing calcium, potassium and aluminum, robbing plants of nutrients. Eventually the acid enters...
...establishing a commission on Social Security reform, with a safe post-election deadline of Dec. 31 for announcing its recommendations. When he insisted further that Congress reconvene for a lameduck session that starts Nov. 29, his thinly veiled intention was to push through benefit reductions during the only politically neutral stretch on the congressional calendar in the next two years. With hardly three weeks in the special session, neither party is eager to tackle anything more daring than renewing Social Security's capacity to borrow from its disability insurance and Medicare funds. Even with that authority extended, Social Security...
...relations between Dublin and London have rarely been chillier: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has not forgiven Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey for trying to persuade other European nations to adopt a neutral stance during the Falklands war. Haughey, for his part, is angry that he was not consulted about Prior's plan and agrees with S.D.L.P. Leader John Hume that the assembly is "unworkable." After last week's elections, an idea that had meant to bind the wounds of a bloodied land instead seemed more likely to inflict fresh pain...