Word: outlook
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...judges to import their own philosophies into constitutional law and allows the Legislative and Executive branches to make the policy calls. White calls Thomas' conclusions in the recent desegregation and affirmative-action cases the result of "twisted reasoning and bilious rage." Anyone who knows the Justice and his optimistic outlook, his ready smile and laugh and his gregarious and vivacious personality recognized this as nonsense. Moreover, it cannot be a mere coincidence that the court gradually has moved toward Thomas' positions on affirmative action, voting rights, school desegregation and the separation of church and state, belying the picture...
...economic report to Congress this morning. "Jittery investors interpreted that to mean no more interest rate cuts by the Fed," explainedTIME's John Greenwald, "and that's not what they wanted to hear." Though Greenspan just last month expressed doubt in the economy's strength, today he called the outlook "encouraging, despite the inevitable risks." Noting positive trends in various economic indicators, the central banker also cited diminishing financial turmoil in Mexico as contributing to improved U.S. economic growth...
...University resolved to find a successor to Pusey who could boast a decidedly more modern outlook on campus life...
...presentation of student films this weekend is the end result of this editing frenzy. While most student filmmakers will look back on their films as well-worth the time and on their long nights in Sever with a kind of nostalgia, a week ago their outlook on the whole experience was radically different. As Holsinger commented, "You know that sign about students not living in editing rooms, I used to think that sign was funny. But after the days that I did live in them, it doesn't seem quite that hilarious...
...truth, I would have been surprised if she had said anything else. This is the Harvard women's lacrosse team we're talking about, and these players have a different outlook on life...