Word: reject
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thinking the unthinkable," and not deterrence, will make much more sense of Reagan's nuclear policy. (It would also explain, by the way. Reagan's concern with such issues as a post-nuclear postal service.) If Mr. Stockel truly accepts Reagan's nuclear strategy, then I believe he must reject any policy of deterrence. If that is the case, then the next step for Mr. Stockel is to find a shovel, and start digging. Andy Dwyer...
Faced with somatizing patients, says Ford, physicians are uncomfortably reminded, often unconsciously, of their own inadequacies. As a result, a doctor may reject a patient outright. For example, a physician who is depressed and abusing liquor will tend to shy away from a patient who is an alcoholic. Conversely, the doctor may become overly solicitous, a tactic that backfires. Ford believes the words "You're fine; come back and see me if something develops" are a virtual invitation to create new symptoms...
...distinguish himself, to keep from blurring with the blather of the bunch. It is no secret that Gary Hart wants to stake out the territory of "thinking man's liberal," the one who carefully examines issues and courageously gives detailed answers, who is not afraid to reject the slogans of the past to create the solutions for the future. He is the only one who at this early stage has published a book, and A New Democracy A Democratic, Vision for the 1980's and Beyond racks of this pseudo intellectual tack...
...installed since 1979. Behind this distorted Soviet view lies the desire to maintain the strategic superiority built up since the late 1970s, and to thereby decouple the U.S. from its European allies. As long as there is a realistc chance that the Soviets can attain this goat, they will reject any equitable compromise out of hand (as they did recently). Only the threatened deployment of 572 Pershing II and Cruise missiles brought the Soviets to the bargaining table at Geneva, and now Mr. Louis wants to remove this threat unilaterally, an action that would clearly have the effect of removing...
...many students, this often necessitates direct challenge of religious institutions and assumptions--the sometimes frightening task of having to either reinterpret or reject much of what they grew up believing...