Word: reckoner
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...last our black fellow citizens are telling us they are tired of begging. They are telling us that if we refuse to reckon with their humanity, we must reckon with their power. Let us not be surprised if their power proves to be almost as ugly as ours...
...will show that the Belt is either unneeded or ill-planned. In addition, they seek to mobilize popular support against the highway. Doing either of these things will be difficult, but even if it does succeed, the prospect of the Inner Belt's being scrapped remains slim. One must reckon with the facts: both state and federal highway officials are highly committed to the road; Gov. John A. Volpe is solidly behind the highway; and thus far, the opposition has lacked both the breadth and depth to convince any pro-Belt politician that his political salvation lies in a change...
...with belts use them all the time. Hundreds of irate motorists have complained to auto companies that the seat belts are uncomfortable to sit on, and frustrated drivers have used fists, hammers and screw drivers to bollix the red-flashing "Fasten Seat Belts" sign in the Ford Thunderbird. Psychologists reckon that people reject the seat belt because it is a fear-inducing reminder that accidents can happen, and it insults their ability to avoid them; many would rather indulge their foolhardy feelings of derring-do and invulnerability or their fatalistic instincts that "when it's my turn...
Some 20 to 50 times in a lacrosse game, the attackers fire a little ball toward the defenders' goal. The Crimson lacrosse team this spring is going to have to reckon with this fact, because it does not have a single experienced goalie...
...efficiency and economy. States could also raise more revenue with less pain if they abandoned most nuisance taxes in favor of income taxes, which grow along with the economy, and they could lower sales taxes by reducing the number of exempted goods, such as food and drugs. Economists reckon that with such changes the states last year could have increased their sales-and incometax revenues by $5 billion. Of course, the states and localities could always cut away some nonessential spending-but more and more things seem to be essential these days...