Word: rationale
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Which is why the legislature should not jump to any conclusions if voters call for the death penalty in November. Because not enough has been said about the issue people will be insufficiently informed and hence hard depressed to make a rational decision.
One viewer of "E. T." wrote this summer, in a letter to The New York Times, that the success of a movie with persistent associations to the life of Jesus Christ just goes to show that even in this high-powered age, the greatest story ever told still commands enormous...
Of course there is nothing wrong with making movies--or books or paintings, for that matter--that depend on the irrational rather than the rational; to disparage that would be to blunder into an ageless debate over the merits of faith versus reason--a debate that shows no signs of...
But at the same time, Fraser recognizes that unions cannot just stand still and hope that their problems will go away. While working to safeguard the benefits of his members, Fraser is willing to accept change. Says he: "Automation and robots are an inevitable trend. You can't resist...
Today Franey arrived with bonito, a fine, 8-lb. or 9-lb. fish filleted to about 2½ lbs. Breasts of chicken for supremes de volatile aux poivrons are at hand on the big, 6-ft. by 12-ft. marble worktable, along with peppers, tomatoes, fresh corn. Franey, who is...