Word: opted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prerequisites), so we had to walk a block-and-a half to purchase a couple of six-packs of Molson Golden at Essex Liquors. Having accomplished my important task of the evening, I decided to disregard some of the more cosmopolitan tastes of my companions and opt for the most American-sounding of the restaurants, the Lucky...
Seniors who opt for a "quieter"--or maybe not so quiet--final year say that they have more freedom...
Eligible freshmen accept the program for several reasons. "About one third graduate in three years, several take a year off either to work or travel abroad, many opt to write a thesis intheir fourth year, and about 12 to 15 receivemasters degrees after four years," said Thorn...
...recent years both the number of eligible students and students who opt to accept sophomore standing has increased. About one-third who qualify usually accept the offer...
...good many people would stop short of full-scale legalization and opt for a rather vague concept known as decriminalization. It is generally taken to mean reducing or eliminating criminal penalties for the use and perhaps sale of drugs, while retaining some form of legal disapproval. Such a halfway solution might accelerate the problems that would come from legalization without solving most of those that arise from the current tough drug laws. Author Claude Brown (Manchild in the Promised Land), himself a reformed drug dealer, suggests decriminalizing the sale of drugs by hospitals and clinics in order to "deglamorize ((narcotics...