Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nothing has changed," she said, "it is just more obvious how little the administration is responsible to anyone outside a very small group...
...more dangerous drugs, if it has dangerous long-term side effects of its own, if the problems of keeping it from children are insurmountable, these are all important and possibly determinative considerations. But society's ability to weigh these factors is hobbled by its inability to accept the obvious truth: like alcohol's, marijuana's function as a pleasure drug is a plus, not a minus in the calculation...
Despite the obvious allure of Gorbachev's space suggestion, which will be formally presented to President Reagan this week in Moscow, U.S. experts in and out of Government are ambivalent about the feasibility of an actual joint expedition to Mars. At best, they point out, the success of any joint mission would rest on the fragile foundation of the Soviet leader's revival of detente with the West. Could good relations between the superpowers, they ask, last long enough to complete, say, a ten-year project? "There are potential benefits to us from such a mission," says U.S. Space Watcher...
Dukakis' most obvious strategic opening is to attack the Reagan Administration for its most obvious failings, including Iranscam and the Noriega fiasco. So far he has done that without appearing negative by assaulting Bush personally. A more difficult challenge for Dukakis will be to flesh out his vague stump speeches with more specifics. This means converting his pleasant-sounding concepts -- such as a "real war on drugs" and "comprehensive day care" -- to realistic programs complete with price tags. He also owes voters a credible explanation of how he will curb the federal deficit. If his follow-up sounds as expensive...
These are only the Square's most obvious changes. But they represent much larger disruptions occuring in the neighborhood and throughout Cambridge. Rents are rising not just for businesses but for everyone, students and longtime residents alike. For every business forced out by the high rents, probably dozens of families must also seek cheaper housing elsewhere. Some of these families will find other places in Cambridge, some will be forced to move away, and some may become homeless. Rent control tends to moderate the damage done by rent hikes, but it simply is not enough to prevent Harvard Square...