Word: reject
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...evils of whipping our children until they bring home high grades? Year after year we listen to these fellows tell us that it is not the grade that counts but the development of the child's personality. After the lecture they go back to all the best schools and reject our children because they have C averages...
...Moreover, significant majorities approve of trying to sop up the red ink by raising taxes on tobacco (74%) and businesses and corporations (59%). At the same time, Yankelovich found that the public is opposed to raising taxes on oil and gasoline (57%) and personal income (73%). The voters also reject overwhelmingly spending cuts on consumer protection (53%), programs for dependent children (56%), entitlement programs like Social Security (71%) and education...
...voters similarly reject many criticisms of Reagan. While 37% agree with the proposition that he is "not well informed on domestic issues," 56% disagree According to the survey, 52% disagree that Reagan leaves too many decisions to his White House staff (37% agree). And 52% disagree that Reagan "has destroyed many of the social gains made over several decades," while 40% agree...
...bulk of the state's case will be presented this week. Its lawyers are arguing that evolution is fully as religious (or nonreligious) as creation science, and that evolution cannot meet the strict definition of science any better than creation science can. "You shouldn't reject creationism just because it comes from the Bible; you test it scientifically," says one state witness, Dr. Norman Geisler of Dallas Theological Seminary. Several scientists will testify that the odds are improbably high that all species arose from a primordial cell through natural selection...
...moral battle but the potential friendship of an important neigh-boring area. Withdrawal of U.S. support will guarantee a popular victory; disinterested and genuine American support for the regime established in the wake of revolution will help assure not only that these nations develop democratically, but that they reject the obligation-laden entreaties of the Russians...