Word: rebuff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dumping Guinier, Clinton was also forced to rebuff Reno, who supported the civil rights nominee. Reno had read Guinier's writings and found them to be merely "thought-provoking efforts on the part of a law professor to invigorate debate." Later she added, "I think if you look at her record, she'd be the best possible choice." At the White House, Reno was said to be deeply annoyed at the President's action, and the next day she gave Guinier the forum for a press conference at Justice to tell her side. In doing so, Reno was walking...
According to The New York Times, the court's rebuff of the latest challenge to its June ruling marks the only time in the past 20 years that a major abortion case has been thrown out the window. Will the court's decision to discard cases on abortion be a continuing trend? What do these actions signify for the abortion debate? Both pro-lifers and pro-choicers should be wary of a court that deems significant abortion cases irrelevant...
...that there are limits to political cynicism, even in a presidential election year. In a surprising turnabout, the House narrowly rejected the balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution by a vote of 280 to 153, just nine votes shy of the required two-thirds majority. The vote was a rebuff to President Bush, who has staked his dwindling prestige on amending the Constitution to mandate by fiat a balanced budget -- the holy grail of government that has eluded Presidents and legislators for the past 23 years...
...tempting to dismiss the latest manifestations of anti-Establishment sentiment as a short-term aberration. The Connecticut Democratic primary, after all, was highly unrepresentative: the turnout was low, the voters were angry, and local favorite Paul Tsongas had just withdrawn from the race. (In a clear rebuff to Clinton, the former Massachusetts Senator received 20% of the vote.) Still, there are contrary signs that suggest that 1992 will be far from a normal political campaign. A Harris poll at the end of last year found that voter alienation was at a 25- year peak. Turnout in primaries is even lower...
...access to the experimental drug is strictly limited, and for years desperate families have been pressing the Food and Drug Administration to make it widely available. Last week an FDA advisory panel issued a strong rebuff. After reviewing all the clinical studies, the panel agreed 8-0 that tacrine "did not show a clinically meaningful benefit." Moreover, the danger of its causing liver damage is significant, the group said...