Word: optioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their recognition of the fact that abortion is not just a private matter between a woman and her doctor, but a social issue involving the society that required the death of her fetus as the price of her survival, the culture that made her think this was the only option, and the sanctity of life...
Given Drury's insistence that a decision must be made within a week, he seems likely to choose the third option...
...Congressman produced the seminal, four-scenario "A B C D" defense-options study, which impressed Clinton. "They think alike," said an aide to the Secretary. "They both like substance and structure." Option C of his study, which called for $60 billion in cuts from Bush's program over four years, became the cornerstone of Clinton's defense program. During the campaign, Aspin wrote the defense plank in the Democratic platform and became Clinton's sole briefer on security issues for the campaign debates. "It was pretty predictable that Aspin would become Secretary," concludes one of his aides...
...ones who are guilty of discrimination, in fact, since they are imposing a high penalty on students who choose to learn in a securely and homogeneously Christian environment. While most of us might not choose to study in such a school, the very hostility of society to this option inspires those who wholeheartedly espouse the Christian perspective to seek schools where their beliefs will receive institutional support. Because of this principled choice, they are being denied admission to good universities...
...facing just that stark a choice: he could either bow to a resolution passed by the Congress of People's Deputies stripping him of much of his power, or dissolve the parliament and try to institute a presidential regime propped up by the military. Before resorting to that "final option," though, Yeltsin played another card: he sought to put the question of who should wield the ultimate power in Russia to a nationwide vote. But the Congress, staying in session two extra days, rejected Yeltsin's plebiscite plan and put the President on notice that any attempt to hold...