Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Should states be permitted to electrocute a condemned prisoner with a flag tattooed on his chest? Should burning the flag be a more serious crime than burning a church? More serious than burning a cross...
...commercial airliners being maintained properly? A barrage of questions about passenger-jet safety were raised last week in the midst of the busy summer travel season. The Air Transport Association, an industry trade group, reported that U.S. carriers are facing a serious shortage of mechanics even as demand for them is growing. Meanwhile, as if to point up the understaffing in the hangars, several airlines were forced to abort flights because of mechanical problems...
...have, I must confess, serious doubts about the efficacy--or even the integrity--of the "classic" exam period editorial, "Beating the System" you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called "Donald Carswell '50" of being rather one of Us--the Bad Guys--than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell's advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes. It is time to disillusion...
...President and Congress are serious about spurring new investment and jobs, insist experts on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley and in academia, they should redesign their tax reform. Some of the experts' suggestions...
...Kiszczak's experience at quelling unrest may be a primary reason why Jaruzelski pushed his candidacy. The seriousness of Poland's economic crisis cannot be overstated: labor unrest is growing, industrial production falling and annual inflation galloping along at 150%. Perhaps most serious of all, basic food staples are in short supply, a fact underscored last week by President Bush's announcement that the U.S. will provide Poland with a special $59 million food-aid package. The urgency is not lost in Warsaw. "If the future government does not find effective means to change this situation," Kiszczak warned...