Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...side are about ten "Chapter 1" children -- kids who need special attention. Because the district usually requires that everyone complete first grade before being evaluated as learning disabled, kids who have serious problems often limp through the first two years of school behind their more advanced peers...
...should this be so? As a matter of logic, it makes no sense. Serious beliefs derive from serious reflection, over a long time. A serious thinker should always be open to counterarguments from those who disagree, but the mere fact of disagreement, however widespread, shouldn't count for much...
...accusation that Khrushchev had undervalued other members of the Presidium and was tactless in dealing with them was a serious one. There was a considerable measure of truth in it. Everyone recalled old and new insults...
...respect for the law. Says Sergeant Jim Mattos, spokesman for the California Highway Patrol: "As soon as you develop a policy of no chases, then the only people who are going to stop are the honest ones." Moreover, supporters insist, many chases end in the capture and arrest of serious criminals. Asks Donald Schroeder, adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan: "If it were the Son of Sam in the car that you were chasing, would you let him get away...
City officials debated various propositions for keeping out the sea, but there was no simple solution. A series of permanent dams was ruled out because that would worsen the city's already serious water pollution. Without the cleansing flow of tides into and out of the lagoon, the buildup of sewage and agricultural runoff would become intolerable. In 1982 the Italian government turned to a group of more than two dozen design, engineering and construction companies, mostly Italian, known as the New Venice Consortium. After five years of study, the consortium's engineers came up with a novel design...