Word: opted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unless our non-proliferation policy is invading any country we don't like that gets dangerous weapons, America should instead try to negotiate inspections of Iraqi weapons facilities or opt for Israeli-like surgical air strikes, cruise-missile strikes or commando missions...
...faces a choice of methods. Each option presents its own perils. For adoption, there are long waits, deals that fall through, no control over genes. Intercourse with a selected partner or insemination by a known donor can open the door to future wrangles over custodial rights. Hence many women opt for insemination with the sperm of a faceless donor. The amount of information about the donor varies from clinic to clinic; a few provide detailed medical histories and personal profiles...
Indeed, while a 1985 law bans sex discrimination and requires Japanese companies to offer females the same opportunities available to males, few women choose to apply for career-track jobs. Most opt to work as assistants to men. "I could work in the career track if I wanted to, but I'm not that interested in banking, and I certainly don't want to do it all my life," says a 26-year-old bank employee from Tokyo. Typically, a woman will leave her job after the birth of her first child and later resume a part-time career...
...Democrats have stayed true to certain key issues such as abortion and the environment. But now many Republicans like Pete Wilson of California (Feinstein's opponent) and William F. Weld '66 support abortion rights. Furthermore, George Bush called himself the "environmental President" in a partially successful attempt to co-opt the traditionally Democratic environmental vote...
Given a choice between submitting to root-canal work and reading a book about the 1988 presidential campaign, many people might opt for the former. Who, after all, truly yearns to review the speeches of Jack Kemp? To trace once more the pitiful downfall of Gary Hart? To recall the days when George Bush acted more like Jack the Ripper than Mr. Kind-and-Gentle? Or to relive the moment when Michael Dukakis booted the question about a hypothetical rape of his wife Kitty and kissed his chances goodbye...