Word: result
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bork episode was purely the result of clashing political ideologies and a shift in the direction of American politics, such was not the case for Fortas. In the end, even liberal senators would call for his resignation from the Court, and then-Sen. Walter Mondale (D-Minn.) was the first of them to deliver the request...
...Character, Sheehy makes a hardly novel argument that the characters of each of these six presidential candidates and of Reagan are the result of a single event or individual that had a profound impact on the candidate's development. The devastating injuries which Bob Dole received during his service in World War II have produced his "dark side," his insistence on self-reliance, and his often bitter sense of humor. Jesse Jackson's character and drive were nourished in the subculture of the segregated black South, and his insatiable quest for legitimacy and respect are the product of having been...
...result of this unusual background has beento lead many, including officials at the center,to wrestle again with what has long been anethical dilemma in academia: when does researchstop being academic and start becoming paidpromotional material...
...size of the bailout is the result of a failed gamble by federal regulators, who last year allowed RepublicBank to take over its crosstown rival, the struggling InterFirst, in the hope that the two institutions could shore each other up. But the combined company, First RepublicBank, lost nearly $2.3 billion in the first half of this year and showed no signs of recovery. Last week's huge commitment, coming on top of earlier Texas rescues, is likely to stir debate over the adequacy of the FDIC's $18 billion insurance fund...
...this sounds very arbitrary, it is. "We're playing God, but then, we can because we invented the game," says Medlock. The result is ambiguities. The project's philosophies of "It's up to us" and self-reliance might sound conservative, but it is the workers for liberal causes who inevitably get recognition: antinuclear proponents, feminists and peace activists...