Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Coach Ihsan Gurdal, in his seventh season as coach of the varsity volleyball team, said the talent gap between players is not very large--the reason for the frequent substitutions in the tournament...
Melamed sees the Chicago scandal as just part of an ethical malaise in financial markets around the world. Said he: "Whatever the reason, it's a shame, and I think it's our greatest danger." His conciliatory move this week may actually hasten reform and speed up the Government investigation by reducing the elements of conflict, as he intends. But Melamed's response recalled a bit of wisdom from a bygone era in Chicago: when surrounded by the Feds, come out with your hands...
...endangering innocent bystanders -- start arming themselves in case they have to join the battle. It used to be that the great majority of American gun owners bought their weapons for hunting or sport (target shooting, for instance). But recent surveys show nearly 50% mentioning self-protection as their primary reason. Says Mark Warr, a sociologist at the University of Texas: "It's a giving up on the system. People have lost confidence in the ability of local government to control crime. There is a growing feeling that 'We must do it ourselves...
...reason is that women feel especially vulnerable to violent crime -- often with good reason. Carol Kolen, a Chicago psychologist, was attacked several years ago at the University of Illinois Medical Center by two men, one carrying a gun, she fought off a rape but was severely beaten. Then, on a Saturday morning last year, she was attacked again as she approached her car parked outside a neighborhood church. "After that I said, 'That's it, no more.' I made the decision then and there that my protection was in my own hands." Kolen bought a gun and is going...
...people there. And I always love it when the "civilians" are able to do something that gets a huge laugh. I like it sometimes when things just don't work, and you're overwhelmed with this hopeless, giddy attitude. I liked a couple of months ago when, for no reason, we just made waffles, as an adjunct activity to the show. I liked having a show and then, every few minutes, seeing if the waffles were done. I don't know why exactly. When somebody came up with the idea -- "Well, we could make waffles" -- you thought, "Why would...