Word: rationales
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mick, Keith, Charlie, Bill, and Ron, then, must have gotten a laugh out of the latest attempt to mythologize the Rolling Stones, this one offered by veteran New York Times cliche-hurler Robert Palmer. This picture-book, large-type text, liberally prepared with color and black-and-white photos of...
The Soviet bluster, some argue, may be little more than a negotiating tactic. This view is held by many in the Reagan Administration. By deliberately fostering an atmosphere of tension, the argument goes, the Kremlin might exact concessions it could not gain through diplomatic channels. Given Moscow's almost pathological...
Mark Metcalf, 35, of Berkeley, Calif., endured weeks of pain that "felt like I had a hot iron held against the side of my neck," and he found himself "considering suicide as a rational alternative." Every year a number of the chronically suffering make that choice. Pain, said Albert Schweitzer...
These spectacular confrontations are well handled by Director Reitman, who always finds the time for the funny aside, the wittily telling detail. He and the visual-effects director, Richard Edlund, also have the sense to let the special effects look just a little tacky, so they provide a comic comment...
AT THE HEART OF Dzeich and Weiner's argument is a completely rational assumption: an intelligent professional can be expected to tell the difference between friendly contact with a student and inappropriate sexual pressure based on his authority. The myth of confusion and of ambiguity, is a strong weapon against...