Word: reasonably
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many ghetto kids, gaining self-esteem as a basketball player has been one way to escape the snare of drugs. But New York City police say that may no longer be a local option. The reason: drug lords are recruiting promising neighborhood players, offering them such inducements as cash and $80 sneakers to play in sandlot tournaments on which the dealers place big bets...
Couples who live together before marriage may be the most violent of all. In a new study, Professors Jan Stets and Murray Straus of the University of New Hampshire found that cohabiting couples show higher levels of aggression than either daters or married people. One reason, suggests Stets, is that such couples "may be more likely to be isolated from relatives. When violence occurs in such a relationship, it's less likely to be communicated to people who might intervene." Another factor may be that live-in arrangements, which are still not the norm, put added pressures on the couple...
Bush professes not to buy Dukakis' explanation for his veto. "Let's face it," the Vice President said to a cheering crowd in Los Angeles, "my opponent was looking for a reason not to sign that bill. I would be looking for a reason to sign that legislation." Bush implied that Dukakis intended to prevent Massachusetts students from reciting the pledge, which was clearly not the case. He then added, "It's very hard for me to imagine that the Founding Fathers -- Samuel Adams, John Adams and John Hancock -- would have objected to teachers leading students in the Pledge...
...routinely recited in public schools. In 1924 the words "my flag" were amended to "the flag of the United States of America." The formal stiff-arm salute was discontinued in 1942 by an act of Congress; its similarity to the Nazi gesture may have been a contributing reason. In 1954 Congress added the words "under God" after "one nation...
Chilean officials claim the measures were lifted because the government had succeeded in establishing order within the country. The more likely reason: politics. This week Chile's four military commanders will meet to nominate the country's sole presidential candidate, almost certain to be Pinochet, for a plebiscite planned for October...