Word: reasonings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nevertheless, the extra time it takes to travel to Boston and back is not a good reason to miss out on the city's cultural experiences. If you're time is too valuable to spend an extra few minutes in transit, then bring a book to read on the way. The only legitimate argument for not spending time in Boston is a monetary one, since the costs of transportation, museum entrance fees and food and drink can quickly add up. However, many events, from art fairs to the Hemp festivals, are free, so even the most cost-conscious Harvard student...
...reason Clinton's charge against the media holds right now is that America--even on its most pop-culture "George of the Jungle"-level--has become so thoroughly self-conscious that it wants to examine the vehicle along with the cargo...
...Uncertainty is not a reason for inaction when the cost and consequences of inaction may be so great," Chafee said. He urged the United States to take the lead in what participants termed a global crisis. He asked the nation to set an example that the world would follow...
...what transpired in the House seemed so inappropriately ordinary, that's because it was. This is not where debate happens; that belongs in the Senate. This isn't where reason presides; it was built as a People's House, the emotional crucible where boiling passions are supposed to spill over--to be cooled, as the Founders put it, in the saucer of the Upper House. So it wasn't all that strange Thursday morning that the most important constitutional debate in 24 years would be squeezed in between a class photo of the 105th Congress and a vote to award...
...they follow the voice of a phantom only they can hear, drowning out the receding whispers of conscience or principle, overwhelming the demands of reason and argument. And the American people don't seem to mind...