Word: subject
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Although Epstein admitted that he was "generally ambivalent" on the subject of academics' participating in the working of government, he voiced concerns about the integrity of those intellectuals that choose to pursue a career in public policy...
While these numbers may be subject to question, there is little debate over their consequences...
...said that such a lack of knowledge prompted the magazine to research the subject...
CHRISTOPHER JOHN FARLEY, our pop-music critic, knows the angst of passing judgment on artists like his subject this week, singer Erykah Badu. So he was much relieved when his own debut novel, My Favorite War, won favorable reviews last year. "Fast, funny and furious," is how the Boston Globe described his satirical yarn of a young African-American journalist (not unlike Farley) laboring for a national publication (not unlike USA Today, his previous employer) in Washington during the Gulf War. Now HBO has optioned My Favorite War for a made-for-cable movie, a prospect that can make even...
...threat is basically a means for establishing a bargaining position by inducing fear in the subject. A threat should never be made unless it is part of the plan and the "questioner" has the approval to carry out the threat. When a threat is used, it should always be implied that the subject himself is to blame by using words such as, " You leave me no other choice but to... " He should never be told to comply "or else...