Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...didn't care about domestic concerns, Leland said "I am as much a citizen of this world as I am of my country. To hell with those people who are critical of what I am able to do to help save peoples' lives. I don't mean to sound hokey, but I grew up on a Christian ethic which says we are supposed to help the least of our brothers...
Moreover, public health is damaged by the lack of trained medical detectives. M.E.s are usually the first to sound the alarm about faulty product design, new diseases or social problems like child abuse. Says Dr. Donald Reay, Seattle's chief medical examiner: "Look how much the public knows about cocaine and firearms. That's because people are dying from drugs and gunshots...
Williams, who spoke in Cavazos' stead, gave a presentation so out of sync with the mood of the weekend, so outrageous in its mediocrity and so appalling in its assumptions that six hours later, even after Governor Kean's sound, if unsurprising, speech, members of IEM were still complaining about Williams...
...that Bush or Cavazos have bad ideas about education. Or even that they have no ideas. Bush's Educational Excellence Act seems like a sound proposal for aiding our schools. And, as Governor Kean said in his speech just hours later, the governor's conference is an "exciting first step which shows that Bush is willing to take the lead...
...discussion of the man's obnoxious behavior continued, some of my friends' arguments started to sound familiar...