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Word: objectionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most of last night's legislation passed without objection.

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Dresses Up Routine Meeting | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

The only piece of legislation that drew any objection was a bill to organize an overnight council retreat. The retreat, a mixture of "fun activities and council workshops," according to the bill, was going to be mandatory.

Author: By Parker R. Conrad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Dresses Up Routine Meeting | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

What, then, if you cut through all the uproar, is the precise objection to Emerson and his project? One woman explained to me that she was offended by his use of the term "Islamic terrorist" because it stigmatized an entire people. Never mind that the term is concretely accurate--there...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Extremism and Its Apologists | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

It is possible that the sidelined President, in an effort to make his political talents useful, thought he was actually helping his wife by offering the clemency deal in the first place; the White House never really produced a convincing explanation why Clinton acted now on such a long-standing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buy One, Get One Free? | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

We often accuse ourselves of being cruel and voyeuristic and of devouring our heroes, but this man was loved, genuinely, by people who didn't know him and weren't anxious to. It would have been heartbreaking to see him turn up on talk shows to explain himself. We wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Goodbye to Our Boy | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

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