Word: repeated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nothing indicates that the same person is responsible for this latest racial slur," yesterday's letter said. "But we are clearly dealing with a repeat offense, which both broadens and intensifies the original result...
Although these men would be better served if they came to recognize a smart woman as something other than a threat to their manhood, an 18-year-old instinct will not be educated away with a Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) visit to a proctor meeting. (Repeat after me: "I am a man, and it's okay that some women are smarter than I.") It's a shame that, in the name of social engineering, four years of these students' educational lives are severely disrupted...
Many Republicans were loath even to repeat the dread word. So it was left to a lowly House staff member who handles welfare policy for the Republican conference to deliver its likely epitaph. Were Republican lawmakers serious about the orphanage option? "If they were, they have buttoned their lips. This thing has been mercilessly crucified," he says. "I would not be surprised if they strike the provision from the bill, because it's given us so much grief...
...Florida didn't intimidate us that much," says senior Dave Heilman, who placed third in the 100 freestyle. "We expected we could repeat our performance of a year ago. They had two or three outstanding swimmers, but the rest were just average. We are much deeper...
...Many people can avoid a life of crime if they are given more positive outlets for their energies -- thus the true benefit of "prevention programs." But we must also accept the harsh reality that many criminals are so hardcore that no amount of positive effort will reform them. These repeat, violent offenders must be locked away forever; there is no other way to stop them. Yes, jailing them costs money, but freeing them could cost the lives of innocent victims...