Word: objects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...must object to your implication that campaign contributions influenced my voting record on the Clean Air Act. Contributors to my 1980 campaign for the U.S. Senate had no idea what my committee assignments would be. My eventual appointment to the Environment and Public Works Committee, where I have become closely involved with revising the Clean Air Act, was unknown to me until January of 1981. I and many of my colleagues established our positions on issues before entering public office. We receive support from those who work to elect like-minded people to Congress. That is what representation...
...game is usually played by groups of three to 10 people who "juggle" a small bead filled leather sack in a style similar to soccer players. The object is to keep the sack off the ground for long periods of time without using hands or arms...
...Ohio-based company, Consolidated International Inc., reached agreement with British officials to buy some 1,000 unsold cars in Ulster for about $15 million, and secured an option to purchase the $75 million DMC facility near Belfast. There, at least, De Lorean's stainless-steel dream remains an object of pride: last week one of the cars was put on display in the Ulster Folk Museum...
...represent a limited range, but represent virtually no range at all: that the slant of the program is in no way-made clear in she advertising: that many, though not all, of the speakers are not identified on the posters--no background is given. Finally, and most importantly, I object to the fact that the organizers have taken the opportunity to provide a great service--have seized the chance to create an informative and educational program--and have, rather than do a respectable job, produced what I feel is best described as a sham...
...traditional lines Certain liberal organizers such as the League of Women Voters as well as some environmental groups and academics involved in medical or biological research--have joined the large power companies in opposing the proposed law. Opponents say that existing safeguards are adequate and some citizens groups object that the law would by pass local decisionmaking. Researchers, despite the exemptions tear that the law will severely restrict their activities. They explain that it would be too costly for individual laboratories or universities to construct their own storage and disposal facilities...