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Although Wood said he hoped his reputation would "make people take me seriously," opponents said his letter was unlikely to influence the Dukakis campaign. Hoy said Dukakis is "in an unassailable position vis-a-vis the record," and added that he did not think Wood's letter would influence the campaign...
...fine. Well, not really. You see, Ms. Assistant, I am a senior at Harvard and it has recently come to my attention that my grade point average is slightly deficient vis-a-vis getting a diploma. As you can probably imagine, this is causing me a great deal of distress...
...sincerely with the provisions of the Arias plan. But in case they do not, the United States must help the contras remain a viable force. To suggest that merely terminating the United States' support for the Contras will ensure peace in the region and democracy in Nicaragua indicates naivete vis-a-vis Managua, and a measure of self-hatred...
...also said I would prefer not to have the episode put into the story, not using such language comfortably either in my conversation with him or in this letter.) It was to this inhibition I referred, not to a general decline in the attention House Masters pay vis-a-vis "affairs of race," for the House Masters I know are exceedingly concerned with students as individuals, not just as cohorts...
Here's how my plan works vis-a-vis condoms: every time somebody wants to have sex, they have to look at the brand name on their box of condoms. Since sex is, ideally, a pleasurable activity, the visual image of the brand name will be strongly reinforced in the user's mind...