Word: reject
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crimes and got two years. Among the surviving defendants, nearly all admitted sharing the responsibility for the brutality of the camp but stopped short of admitting to any murders. Hermine Ryan told the court she now had "deep understanding and regret" for the sufferings of the prisoners. "I only reject the charge of murder," she added. In the end, the testimony was strong enough to exact the maximum penalty only for Ryan -and for just two murders...
...Afghanistan embargo on grain sales to the U.S.S.R., told reporters that he did not see how he could do it "without sending the wrong signal" -which is exactly what critics accused him of when he did kill the embargo the next month. Why did the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reject Ernest Lefever as the nation's top human rights official? Partly because of a fear that other countries might construe support of Lefever as a signal of national sympathy for his unenthusiastic attitude toward a strong American human rights policy. Why do some defense strategists support building...
...coalition's member groups, the National Federation for Decency. Relying on a new list of TV's most and least "constructive" shows, put together from a survey made by 4,000 "trained monitors" between March and May, Wildmon may now ask consumers to reject the products of companies that most consistently advertised on shows featuring sex and violence. The coalition claimed that 5 million Americans were already committed to participate in the boycott and that 15 million more sympathizers could be solicited by direct mail and newspaper advertising...
...Mitterrand stayed secluded, Mauroy (pronounced Mawr-wah) led the party's campaign, winning the confidence of voters with his calm advocacy of socialism and the image of a practical man more interested in solving problems than in spinning utopian visions. Says Mauroy: "To change society, you have to reject the illusion of revolution...
...shorter week must not entail an increase in production costs." One Socialist aim is eventually to integrate private schools into the public system. But Mauroy asserts: "There will be no state monopoly in education. We will have an open dialogue with private schools, and they will be free to reject our proposals. There will be no plundering." He has adopted the same conciliatory attitude toward further socialization of French medicine, nationalization of key industries, and other bugbears of nonleftist voters...