Word: regarded
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Many students who haven't followed Dukakis throughout his political career probably regard him as a capable, well-respected man. They see him as a governor who has done a good job managing Massachusetts. Don't be fooled...
Movies, of course, have always been the most ludicrous offenders in this regard. They so often turn the stealth and cunning by which most artists survive into confrontational melodrama. How marvelous to find a film that comes at this subject from the right direction -- obliquely, metaphorically -- and in the proper mood of delicate and gallant irony...
...Both games were very tight and very exciting," McCutcheon said, "and I expect things won't be a whole lot different in that regard...
...more realistic figure than Reagan's 3.2%), TIME estimates that if Congress takes no further action to cut spending or raise revenues, the deficit will still be $128 billion in 1992. That gap cannot be eliminated all at once, and the cuts should not be made mechanically or without regard to economic conditions. If a recession hits, the deficit is bound to balloon and the budget-balancing process will have to be pushed back until after the economy recovers...
Thank you for this opportunity to correct the impression your article may have given readers that I regard this survey as a laughing matter. In fact, I think the debate and further studies the Whitla report should spark will promote a long overdue investigation of the advantages of test preparation. I look forward to seeing the actual survey when it is released next month and to clarification on some of its findings. (The Globe article, for example, notes that the study's respondents included 69 percent who did not take coaching and 14 percent who did. This leaves a healthy...