Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sheer size of the Conservative failure is quite out of proportion with what one would expect from just midterm blues." Also, because the Brecon and Radnor vote was only the eighth by-election since the 1983 Conservative landslide, it provided a rare opportunity for voters to express their opinion of the Thatcher government. Liberal Party canvassers found that the overriding issue was Thatcher's aggressive style and personality. "We kept hearing, 'It's that woman. We don't like that woman,' " Dumsday said...
...official types have been recommending dusting them with serious insecticides, but one of the coffee drinkers remembered the local state forester had said that that could cause increased levels of pesticide in the groundwater supply. The coffee cups were drained without reaching an agreement on methods, but the general opinion was that these bugs are annoying, lascivious, untidy, unruly -- in short, a nuisance...
...controversial opinion the court ruled 5 to 4 that it was an unfair labor practice for a union to fine members who resign during a strike contrary ; to union rules. The ruling upheld an interpretation of the labor laws by the National Labor Relations Board, which is now dominated by Reagan appointees...
...were freed, Israeli officials ordered the repatriation of 300 of the Lebanese detainees, leaving about 460 still awaiting release from Atlit prison. Nor did the Israelis enjoy watching the U.S. becoming indebted to Assad, whom they regard as Jerusalem's most dangerous enemy. Finally, Israel suffered in U.S. public opinion, at least early in the crisis. A Washington Post-ABC News poll taken as the hostages were being released showed that one-third of the sample agreed with the assertion that "the U.S. should reduce its ties to Israel in order to lessen the acts of terrorism against Americans...
...background superimposed, Donohue's piece seems more a vent for social commentary than an example of art. Not that it is ugly. it seems to be included in Boston Now: Photography, as may of the works are, because of its novel use of photography to express political or social opinion. The beauty of these works may be debated, but their novelty...