Word: weren
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...third of all Americans cannot name one of the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment. It's hard to believe there wasn't more responsibility--both personally and politically--two-hundred years ago: we were dumping tea in harbors, reading the [Federalist] papers and thirstily discussing politics, weren't we? There is, of course, a more complex relationship among these factors than I imply, and I am resolute that, overall, our society is more complex now than it has ever been. But though the number of laws on the books has exploded, legislation can only accomplish so much...
...local plumber and became a board member of the High Country Citizens' Alliance, an influential environmental group, but grew impatient with trust-fund recreationists who wanted to force cattle out of the high meadows to make room for mountain bikes. Slowly, other enviros came to realize that cows weren't the enemy. A new alliance began to emerge...
Woody Jenkins wanted to expose the election fraud that he says robbed him of a U.S. Senate seat from Louisiana. He might have succeeded--if it weren't for a felon named Papa Bear, an alleged prostitute and three witnesses who say they were paid to lie on Jenkins' behalf...
...very old dog indeed, is being sent for sensitivity training. "The real-life sexual-harassment problems the Army was having kind of spilled over onto us," says Beetle creator Mort Walker, 73, who has faced the wrath of feminists in the past. "Some editors felt that although we weren't condoning it, we were on the edge." So, no more chasing MISS BUXLEY around a desk or falling off his chair to get a better view when she walks past. (The general ceased ordering her to retrieve files from the bottom drawer about 10 years ago.) He even apologizes...
...fair to say that Harvard is looking to demonstrate that it is responsive to women students and alums so that women will feel comfortable giving to it if they weren't before," Clendenning said...