Word: seems
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...Gore '69 can't seem to ditch the "boring" moniker. What's a guy with a fairly impressive track record, and not even a hint of an extra-marital affair to do when Senator Daniel P. Moynihan (D-NY) declared that...
Lamas asserts that "the lack of privacy regarding their financial aid status did not seem to bother most students affected." Did the Crimson conduct a poll of the affected students' reactions? None was cited. Apparently, Lamas bases her generalization on the opinions of four students quoted in the article, only two of whom actually express indifference to the incident...
...afford to be lax, but Japan's industry has been plagued by accidents, plant shutdowns, leaks and repeated attempts to cover things up," says TIME Tokyo bureau chief Tim Larimer. "Although the earlier incidents provoked a major shakeup in the administration of Japan's nuclear regulatory agencies, they still seem to escape adequate scrutiny." Obuchi has plenty of incentive to be perceived as getting tough ? he wants a public whose confidence in nuclear safety has been considerably diminished to accept the building of 20 more nuclear reactors over the next decade...
...smoking problem may have a lot less to do with the allure of Western cigarette advertising than with prevailing social conditions. "If you're an ordinary worker in a Chinese industrial city, there are so many other more immediate threats to your health and well-being that smoking may seem like a relatively minor danger," says Dowell. It may be some time, though, before the Chinese follow the JAMA study's recommendations. After all, as any smoker or ex-smoker can attest, the habit is hardest to resist in times of stress ? and a China in the throes...
...lack of privacy regarding their financial aid status did not seem to bother most students affected...