Word: responds
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...with Columbine, and the recent shootings in Finland this September, and even in Germany in 2006, many people are concerned and look to lawmakers to respond. We must be reasonable, however, in our expectations. There will always be sociopaths and oddballs in any society or era. We cannot hope to make every single person happy or non-violent. Exaggerating the link between video games and teen violence in this case smacks more of political ploy than effective measure. Policymakers who push for new bans on violent video games help placate the doubts their constituents feel while demonstrating their own supposedly...
...rights activists,” he said. “They galvanize the community in a way that wouldn’t necessarily happen if they didn’t deliver their crazy hatred message. Because they’re so extreme, they get people to come out and respond to them...
...Wagley ’11. In his speech, Blackwell repeatedly emphasized the importance of returning to Republican values and not losing hope despite President Barack H. Obama’s victory and his enduring popularity. “As a Republican party, the issue is how do we respond to the political valley that we now find ourselves in,” Blackwell said. “If we respond by trying to blend in, we lose.” Blackwell targeted Republicans who had “campaigned like Ronald Reagan and governed like Jimmy Carter...
...could not muster a victory after falling behind early. Suter (1-1) struggled to open the game, allowing all seven of his earned runs in the first three innings. The rookie worked out of a jam in the second, but failed to silence the Blazer offense.Harvard tried to respond behind RBI singles and two-hit days from senior Jon Roberts and sophomore Dillon O’Neill, but the Crimson was unable to spark a comeback against UAB ace Kyle Roberson (2-2). A Douglas homerun brought Harvard within 9-3 in the eighth, but the visitors’ relief...
...Krauthammer’s belief that Obama should respond to the financial meltdown only so far as to rehabilitate the stock market, restore bank balance sheets, and return to the status quo of increasing income inequality once credit begins to flow again. But Obama is smarter than to think that the problems in the economy begin and end with a housing bubble or reckless banking practices. If the economy is not restructured, health care—even in a bull market—will remain unaffordable for most American businesses and families; paying for college—even...