Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fear that Bundy spoke of is the fear that we are so similar to him. He was sane, charming, intelligent and yet pure evil. There is nothing in his life that we can point to as a reason for why this man is such an aberration. Ted Bundy could be our parent, our lover, our friend--or even ourselves...
...prove their point, Weller and Schultz registered for a one-hour Achievement Test last June, after the pair had already gained entrance to college. The achievement test and the three-hour SAT share identical registration and security measures, and both are administered by the Princeton, N.J.-based Educational Testing Service...
...opposes -- implying that the store is now under stricter management. Bush also reversed Reagan's deaf-ear strategy for handling the press, inviting several reporters to dinner and asking others to the Oval Office on short notice for impromptu question-and-answer sessions. Just in case anyone missed the point about a fast start, the President even went jogging...
...companies say they have the technology to build extensive subterranean projects without disturbing the people aboveground. The Tokyo Electric company already has a high-voltage power station right below a Buddhist temple. Engineers are confident that they can create enormous underground structures with little danger of cave-ins. They point to such construction breakthroughs as the 33.5-mile-long Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest underwater corridor, which connects Japan's main island of Honshu with Hokkaido to the north...
...pervasive as she indicates. Says psychologist Jo Anne Pedro-Carroll of the University of Rochester in New York: "It would be a disservice to families who have adjusted to the changes in their lives to suggest that there will inevitably be long-term trauma for all children." Experts point out that the study involved a small number of families and that there was no group of intact families to provide a statistical comparison. They note also that children tend to be depressed in adolescence whether they are from broken or intact families. Says psychologist Rex Forehand of the University...