Word: objectional
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...fact, it's hard to find a picture of her fully clothed. For a recent spread in an English magazine, Minogue straddled a cardboard rocket, wearing nothing but a tank top and a pair of frilly underwear--her own Love Kylie brand. Her evident joy at being an object of titillation explains--but only partly--her massive popularity across Europe and in her native Australia, where Kylie is as synonymous with good times, dance beats and, of course, sex as Madonna and Britney...
...educational goals of the University,” as McIntyre desires of funded student groups. However, they undeniably have a significant impact on hundreds of students. Does our critic want to eliminate the funding of these groups? We think the more than 2,000 members of these groups would object. The groups McIntyre labels less “worthy” deserve the funding that is supported by their termbill fees. Not all activities should take place in the library or over a problem set. We should be proud to fund groups that provide avenues for students to pursue their...
...vowing to press ahead with reforms that have already brought the three main trade unions out on the streets. After talks with the government collapsed, leaders of the health, transport and industrial unions representing 12 million workers called the first general strike in two decades for April 16. Unions object to government proposals that would limit the rights of dismissed employees. The government says the plan will promote labor flexibility and is in line with European practices...
...Israeli troops stormed Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound early Friday, exchanging fire with his bodyguards. The object, said Israel's defense minister, was not to kill Arafat, but to "totally isolate" him. It was a compromise between cabinet hawks who favor expelling or otherwise disposing of the Palestinian leader, and doves who see that as posing even greater perils...
...someone at a bar, you have to walk over and deliver your best pickup line. But at Remote, you scope out people using video monitors hooked up to a network of cameras scattered around the room. Then you can push a button next to your monitor to let the object of your desire know that you're watching. Still interested? Pick up the phone and start chatting. If you are like me--and like lots of people I saw at Remote the two times I visited--you just might end up saying and doing all kinds of things you never...