Word: prevailingly
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Some Americans see Nicaragua drenched in a dangerous sea of red. Others view the country as bathed in a brilliant aureole of white light. Forget gray. Much as in the debate that polarized Americans during the war in Viet Nam, cool heads and dispassionate judgments seldom prevail in a discussion of U.S.-Nicaraguan relations. The Sandinistas are either hard-core Communists with a cruelly totalitarian agenda or committed revolutionaries with a uniquely Latin American vision of the future. The U.S.-backed contras, on the other hand, are either brave freedom fighters or treacherous mercenaries. WARNING: entry into the debate...
...Harvard University Mental Health Services. "The increasing divorce rate and instability in the family has, I'm sure, a lot to do with it." Catlin, who directs the clinic on the third floor of the University Health Services (UHS) in Holyoke Center, says that the more materialistic values which prevail today might be a cause of increasing psychological problems. "In the last few years there's been increasing emphasis on responsibility" which leads to increasing stress, the UHS counselor says...
Facing both the loss of Ball and the ominous presence of a vengeful Princeton squad, the Crimson was able to prevail...
Despite the apparently pervasive power of Washington's corps of influence peddlers, Beckwith believes that their interests do not always prevail. "On major issues," he says, "the weight of public opinion, fear of public exposure and the moral fiber of elected representatives seem to ensure that the public interest is recognized -- and served." Beckwith concludes that "the best and brightest lobbyists know how to come up with good political reasons for a legislator to advocate their private client's interests...
...statement last week warning that the war threatens the stability of the entire region. A Saudi diplomat went so far as to declare that his country was in "imminent danger." While U.S. officials share the Gulf states' concern, State Department analysts are confident that Iraq's superior firepower will prevail. Still, the U.S. has warned Iran that any incursion into Kuwait would, in the words of one Administration official, "be regarded as directly affecting U.S. interests...