Word: redresses
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...fill the seat of retired Bishop P.J.A. Moors, 65, a moderate who had carefully mediated between conservative and progressive factions in his diocese. The Pope was known to feel that conservatives were not adequately represented in the predominantly liberal Dutch hierarchy, and Conservative Gijsen was his choice to redress the situation. The Pontiff emphasized his point by consecrating Gijsen in Rome and summoning The Netherlands' primate, Bernard Jan Cardinal Alfrink, to join in the ceremony...
Department stores, city governments and auto companies all have complaint bureaus, but they are too often designed to blunt the complainer's anger, calm him down and send him away with a vague sense that he has made himself heard. In the vast distribution system, redress is lost in the ever-receding levels of responsibility. The salesgirl shrugs and says: "I just work here." A car owner takes his new-model, newly purchased car back to his dealer to complain that, say, the trunk lid no longer latches shut when slammed down. The dealer cannot...
...playing their radio at a level that suggests that they are deaf, pound on the wall. Or ring their doorbell and expostulate in calm, well-reasoned tones. If a bargain gadget advertised for sale turns out to be not as advertised, arm yourself with the advertisement and demand redress. Faced with an outrageous bill for a crankcase repair, demand to see the "flatrate manual" used in the trade to standardize prices for parts and the mechanic's estimated time per job. If a taxi driver or a waiter is obnoxious, do not just give him a meager tip-give...
...Faculty reflects their proportion among Harvard Ph.D.'s. Initiated by Ursula Goodenough, assistant professor of Biology, and Ruth Hubbard, lecturer in Biology, the proposal purposes to end "the present paucity of women and minorities among the Faculty. It will also be termed 'discriminatory,' but it is designed to redress a tradition of discrimination that has held at Harvard for 300 years...
...physical and emotional strain, and they face another problem as well. The weightlessness experienced in space causes the blood, which normally tends to pool in the lower extremities, to be distributed more evenly. The body senses this redistribution, reacts as if it were carrying excess fluids and attempts to redress matters by extra urination. That causes further potassium loss...