Word: opinionating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Duluth was once a thriving city. It can no longer be described in such terms, as you have learned. Such change is common to a number of cities across the country, and it is undoubtedly hard on the residents of each. The citizens of Duluth, in my opinion, have been excruciatingly honest in recognizing the need for adjustment in all facets of their lives. They have worked for more local jobs, recruited new industry, beautified their city, and recognized the possibilities Duluth has as a tourism center for Minnesota and the Midwest Their attempts to Real with Duluth's fading...
Sally Lawrence, a spokesman for the Federal Communications Commission, told The Crimson she had looked at the Opportunity Calling catalog, and, in her opinion, "you would have to make an exhorbitant amount of calls for it to be of any use." AT&T's Terry Romano countered, saying that $5 credits for Levi's jeans were among the items of possible interest to students. However, Stan Sesser, west coast editor of Consumer Reports, called the service "a real hassle" and said it was pointless to "buy a more expensive telephone service in order to get a cheaper blender." With...
...fact in an opinion poll taken of the club's membership this autumn, 67.6 percent of the respondents opposed a constitutional amendment to outlaw abortion. The Republican Club is conservative by Harvard standards in that it promotes the ideal of freedom by limiting government domestically and combatting the spread of communism internationally, views shared by most Americans. In my opinion and that of some two-thirds of the club, the ideal of freedom includes a right to choice on the abortion issue free from legislative coercion...
Compared with many other stories, the Goetz phenomenon was easy to report, if only because nearly everyone, from law-enforcement authorities to the man or woman in the street, has a ready opinion on violent crime. TIME correspondents working on this week's cover stories gathered a full sample of such reactions across the country. They also found themselves remembering their own experiences with crime and criminals...
...weapons. District Attorney Robert Morgenthau was criticized for a lack of vigor in pressing for a homicide indictment and for his decision not to allow any of the youths to testify. Morgenthau, who is up for re-election this year, was accused of swaying with the breeze of public opinion. Morgenthau rationalized his decision not to allow any of the youths to testify by saying that he did not want to give them automatic immunity from any pending criminal charges. He suspected that such a guarantee might prejudice the jurors in favor of Goetz...