Word: reject
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hair is back in town this summer, for what our statistician calculates is the 14.396th undergraduate production of the musical (third place behind West Side Story and Pajama Game). Surprisingly, the show works for the most part because its producer-directors reject the temptation to noodle with the original...
...Conable: "The Senate caught them napping, but now they have to take all these proposals seriously." The bill's fate might well be determined by the attitude of the White House. Says Shannon: "If the Administration wants to push hard, it can pass." If not, the House might reject any tax increase...
...Corruption: I have demanded the moral renovation of our society. I am convinced that he who serves the government must be strong enough to reject any type of corruption. It is my personal moral conviction. Never in my public career did I find the need to participate in acts of corruption in order to progress. On the contrary, my conduct was one of the factors that permitted my rise in public life...
...union had charged the Coop with offering employees bonuses during the unionization drive to influence them to reject outside representation. Union officials also said the store management harassed and interrogated some employees...
...other camp are the so-called neoliberals. They reject the notion that government can solve social problems by throwing money at them. Instead, their emphasis is on formulating national policies to promote economic growth. The neoliberals are also called high-tech Democrats, for their emphasis on steering the economy away from troubled industries like automobiles and steel to high-technology firms specializing in microchips and computers.* They include Senators Gary Hart of Colorado, Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts, Bill Bradley of New Jersey and Congressmen Panetta and Richard Gephardt of Missouri...