Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...develop greater identity and coherence in the field of defense. I am not talking about traditional "burden sharing," paying more for the existing effort. I have in mind something more structural?a more rational balance of responsibilities. The present allocation of responsibilities fails to bring the allies to reflect naturally about either security or political objectives. Everyone has been afraid to take the initiative in changing the present arrangement, lest doing so unravel the whole enterprise. But since drift will surely lead to unraveling?if more imperceptibly?statesmanship impels a new approach...
When the immediate sensation of such bitter sorrow fades, the Crimson will be able to reflect positively on the season as a whole...
...short remarks by Kurt Vonnegut on Nuclear War and John Gardner's posthumous advice to young fiction writers remained in my thoughts after the ephemeral had been forgotten. A few facts from the "Index," which was designed to "reflect the shifting currents of fact below the surface of the news," also stayed with me; the number of students who scored "double 800's" on the SAT's in 1982-83 (only 4), the number of wars in 1983 (41), and the percentage of Americans who think the afterlife will be boring (5 percent...
...mood that will engulf Briggs Athletic Center after tomorrow night's final regular-season basketball game will reflect a state of pandemonium or profound sorrow...
Creasey said the increase does not reflect a high rate of malpractice among Harvard doctors, who he said, have a very good record compared to the rest of the state, He added. "It's a myth to say that Massachusetts is an atypically had malpractice state. It's got the third lowest rate in the country...