Word: shuns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Berkeley economist's theoretical bent leads him to shun disputes such as those waged by liberal Keynesians and conservative monetarists. "I do not consider myself involved in economic policy in any way," he says. Nevertheless, his work does have some practical applications in the hands of other economists. According to Stanford Economist Kenneth Arrow, a 1972 Nobel winner who has worked closely with Debreu, equilibrium theory is used by private forecasters and government planners to predict such things as the impact of a tax change on various industries...
Such sentiments may help explain why so many Japanese seem to shun the hurly-burly of party politics. Ask a citizen of Japan about his political affiliation, and he is much more likely to say he is a conservative or a liberal, not a Liberal Democrat or a Socialist. If politics is the very heart of a country like the U.S., it is more like an artificial implant in Japan: perfectly capable of functioning, but not really the flesh and blood of the national character. No wonder the politicians must shout so much to be heard. ?By James Kelly...
MAYBE READING The Catalog of Cool on a seedy, red couch in--of all places--Kirkland House had something to do with it. The comfortable but undistinguished corduroys and wool sweater could have also had an effect, not to mention the music emanating from the stereo by musicians who shun narrow lapels pointy shoes, and sunglasses. Whatever the reasons, I just wasn't hip enough to "dig this gig," as the back cover of this compilation of "hundreds of items of enduring cool" urges...
Though today's tag lines--most of which are written by a Chicago advertising firm--are of a more traditional, fortune cookie vein ("People with clenched fists cannot shake hands"), they persist. Those who read them ought not to shun the cryptic messages, but should "be thankful for the opportunity to be thankful...
...ultimate solution to the nation's health-care woes [July 12] must come not from Washington, as you suggest, but from the people. They alone have the power to stop smoking, lose weight, shun fatty foods, drink less, avoid accidents, exercise regularly and manage stress as productively as possible. After all, burning less gasoline, among other conservation measures, brought down the price of fuel...