Word: tion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...various forces lined up against the environment are, at this year's Congressional battles will be fought on the issues of tion have a good measure of bipartisan support for the amending of the Clean Air and Water Acts. The great likelihood that this year's Congressional battles will be fought on the issues of the budget military spending and the economy--and the general dissatisfaction with the economy--mean environmental issues will get short shrift and could be fodder for political deals...
...tion and "death" of every individual also...
...change verbs to nouns, and thus eliminate the true subject of the sentence. Some common verb-to-noun endings that should be avoided are: ing, -tion, -al. For example, use "we removed" instead of "the removal...
Harvard affiliates who have sgned the peti- tion include: Harvey G. Cox. Thomas Professor of Divinity; Richard E. Caves, Stone Professor of International Trade; John T. Dunlop, Lamont University Professor; James S. Duesenberry, Maier Professor of Money and Banking; Stanley H. Hoffmann, Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France; Martin L. Kilson, professor of Government; David S. Landes, Goelet Professor of French History; Hilary W. Putnam, Pearson Professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic; Dean Rosovsky; and George H. Williams, Hollis Professor of Divinity Emeritus...
...Although we are entirely opposed to weapons of mass destruc- tion, I suppose many of my colleagues would support conven tional weapons of one kind or another. No one at C.N.D. is suggesting that any country abandon all military defense." The C.N.D. wants Britain emptied of nuclear weapons because, says Kent, "we are not prepared to be the first casualties in a war between the superpowers...