Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Asked directly whether he trusted the man he has met five times, the president said, "He hasn't shown me any reason yet why I shouldn't." But, he quickly said, his attitude was one of "trust but verify...
Intelligence--and by extension, depth of character--is defined almost solely by academic performance. Determinants such as grades, scholarships and SAT scores are used as the definitive barometers of an individual's ability to think and reason, more than as measures of what has been learned in a classroom. This has the unfortunate result of making intelligence only a matter of education, and downplays the roles of wit, imagination and curiosity as equal indications of intelligence and character not generally measured by cold academic statistics...
...never been a squash powerhouse, and for this reason doesn't attract the nationally-ranked players as does Harvard. Although the Crimson annually trounces the team down the road, it still continues to play MIT because it gives the younger players a chance to see varsity competition...
...haven't figured it out yet, Bruce, no one wants you to leave. But in all seriousness, the biggest reason for you to stay is the fact that none of the above would really happen...
...take on the entrenched "dinosaurs" and bureaucrats of his own party and enable opposition parties to compete on an equal basis in the electoral process after more than a half-century of authoritarian PRI rule. By reneging on his promises for political democratization, Salinas would give his opponents every reason to sabotage his economic policies and threaten the country's future political stability...