Word: opt
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...least some scientific literacy. Students will be under pressure to take two foreign languages, and there will be a growing emphasis on Chinese, Japanese and Russian. Academia's international horizons will broaden in other ways. Instead of a comfy junior year abroad in Paris or Perugia, many undergraduates will opt for more adventurous and exotic locales -- Eastern Europe, say, or Southeast Asia...
Although Brown's strong showing in the statewas surprising to many election pundits, CambridgeElection Commission officials expected itsaggressively democratic Cantabrigians to opt forBrown at the polls...
Although Brown's strong showing in the statewas surprising to many election pundits, CambridgeElection Commission officials expected itsaggressively democratic Cantabrigians to opt forBrown at the polls...
...Administration opposes play or pay. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan claims that many employers would opt to pay the tax rather than foot the bill for private care. If the bill passes, Bush will veto it and attack the legislation. The message, a senior White House adviser says, will be "the Democrats are for socialized medicine...
Bush's chances are boosted even more by Democratic weakness. Only when faced with the alternative of "an unnamed Democrat" do many voters opt to abandon Bush. Lightweights such as Gov. Bill Clinton, Sen. Bob Kerrey and Tsongas have failed to whet the appetite of the electorate...