Word: protectedness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The content of this does not need to be addressed. The hatred, violence and brutality of this incident speaks for itself. We must guard ourselves against the temptation to dismiss such an incident as an aberration resulting from an extreme person, a rare happening, or the work of a lunatic...
At the same time, competition for college admissions, as well as jobs and promotions, has made remedies for past inequities less appealing. At Berkeley, 22% of the students in last year's entering class fell into "protected" categories, including Native Americans, Hispanics and blacks. Asian Americans, who make up 26.5...
Liberals still fulminate about the so-called Teflon factor that ostensibly insulated Reagan from the penalties for his weaknesses and mistakes. This complaint ignores some large facts. No Teflon protected Reagan's approval rating during the 1981-82 recession or the Iran-contra debacle. Moreover, commentators have shouted themselves hoarse...
"First, we want to be protected in cases of bodily liability, as in if a child gets hurt in school and a parent decides to sue us. Second, there are errors of omission; for example if someone sues us because their son didn't know how to read. And we...
That Bryant did not rush headlong down this slippery ecological slope is in part testimony to Costa Rica's commitment to its dwindling natural resources. The country has more than 20 national parks, wildlife preserves and other protected areas covering 2,577 sq. mi., or 13% of the land. Moreover...