Word: weaponed
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...helped create, maintaining what may be the most realistic vision of how far the tobacco wars can ultimately go. "I'm not an antismoking activist," he insists. "I think people are going to continue smoking, no matter what." And that inescapable fact, in the end, may be the best weapon Big Tobacco...
...misguided and unnecessary. Then, no sooner had the Forbes mutiny been put down than Pat Buchanan declared a general insurrection. He too declared war on the party's central ideology--in the name not of supply-side theory but (the unkindest cut of all) of class warfare, the Democratic weapon of choice against Republicanism...
...weapon that strikes women first and most harshly, for men are not seen to be unduly influenced by those whom they date. Instead, men are allowed to draw on the knowledge and experience of the women they see; women, on the other hand, apparently become too overwhelmed to sort out what is their opinion and what is the opinion of their lovers. This weapon was aimed at me, and it struck. I still await its punishing effect to be aimed at any male on the council. My gender opened up a new and damaging avenue in this political disagreement...
...inherent structure of the council or even on the dearth of other women sitting in Harvard Hall for each meeting. Instead, we must recognize that the council suffers from a problem from which we as a society suffer. That problem is one of gender's being used as a weapon, and the result is that fewer women put themselves in the line of fire...
...motivated females on the council. In order to increase their numbers, though, we have to show potential candidates an environment that is open to their advancement. There are no easy solutions to getting women involved with or in power on the council, but using gender as a political weapon is one sure and consistent way to turn away the best this campus has to offer. Until we as a society come to grips with the problems we have with gender, the council cannot be expected...