Word: resorted
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...Legal Services Corporation is the civil side of indigent legal assistance. It is the lawyer of last resort for poor people with family, housing, consumer or entitlement problems. But it has long been a target of conservatives. Senator Phil Gramm has called for LSC's possible abolition, although he may be backing down on that demand. House Budget chairman John Kasich has proposed deep cuts in LSC funding and aims to phase it out altogether. Traditionally, the right has taken issue with LSC's history of filing class actions against the government on behalf of the poor over welfare benefits...
...Unprofessional" is the euphemism that peacekeepers resort to when they want to say something negative about their mission. Every soldier, from private to commander, is forbidden to offer his opinions to journalists. But the troops have many reasons for frustration. The Bosnian Serbs torment them, humiliate them, take them hostage. Meanwhile, the Bosnian Muslims revile them for standing by when women and children are shot. They must stand by, however, since as impartial "peacekeepers" they are forbidden to take sides...
...other countries with peacekeeping troops in the region, andtrigger a commitment of 25,000 American troopsto helpevacuate the peacekeepersand protect the Muslims from a predicted new Serbian assault. (If European peacekeepers withdraw, however, McCurry said, "it may well be that lifting the arms embargo proves unavoidable as a last resort.") A bipartisan chorus of senators, meanwhile, predicted that the full Senate would nonetheless follow the House lead. Said Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.): "At least Bosnians ought to have an opportunity to arm themselves, to defend themselves. We may not be left with any other choice...
...compute. We are a captive audience, much like animals in some surrealistic academic zoo. We represent the basic material for the administration's sociological experiment. And, as we all know, pigs must be randomized. I'm tempted to launch into an Orwellian Animal Farm satire, but we needn't resort to violence (Alas, the '60s are over...
...know their power. "It's very common to hear 'Ralph [Lauren] had 25 pages. We had just 15,'" says an employee for a major designer. And the designer or the public relations agent turns up the heat. "First you complain to the editor," explains a publicist. "As a last resort, you go to the publishing side. You say, 'I just want you to know that our client is not getting the coverage he should be getting. We thought you'd want to know this before something happens.'" The publicist adds, "Today you know this call will be heard...