Word: subjectively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unworthy one -- and rare enough in movies. Whatever failures result from this ambition, there is still something likable as well as commendable about the movie. It has hustle, it makes a good stab at period ambience, and it takes some brave cuts at a knuckle ball of a subject. You are glad you came out to the ball park, even if the home team did lose in extra innings...
Only white men are subject to the two-year draft and the subsequent requirement to serve two months of active duty a year for twelve years. Recently, political resistance to serving the state has become a public issue, especially among English speakers and university students, who are automatically deferred as long as they remain in school. A year ago, 23 new draftees in Cape Town announced to the press that they had refused to serve in the military. One of them, Dr. Ivan Toms, has since been tried and sentenced to 21 months in prison...
Even in sports, standards of plain decency are as subject to interpretation as laws and rules. For instance, gamblers are generally not the National Football League's favorite types, and yet in 1933 the man who became the most beloved and benevolent citizen of the league bought his way into the business with winnings from horse bets. The Pittsburgh Steelers' owner, Art Rooney, really the city of Pittsburgh's Art Rooney, died last week at 87, still penciling the racing form. Rooney shared his hugest track windfall with his brother, a China missionary who unknowingly repaid him in soybeans. Based...
...military analysts point out that contingency plans are constantly subject to updating, and can be modified when compromised. In any case, many professionals doubt that NATO has enduring secrets. Former CIA Director Stansfield Turner said last week, "It's impossible to keep secrets when they're shared with 15 nations...
...failed to listen carefully to his answers. Blindsided by a question on why he joined the National Guard, Quayle fell back on the advice that Bush Media Guru Roger Ailes gave the Indiana Senator during his 1986 re-election campaign: "If there is no advantage to you in a subject, don't talk about it." So instead of a full answer, Quayle spoke in fractured sound bites...