Word: whether
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Spangdahlem air base in Germany that afternoon, Albright seemed to draw energy from the spirited response of the soldiers and airmen she met. It put her into her feisty, no-nonsense mode. She peppered an F-16 pilot about whether his plane was carrying a maximum payload. "Yes, sir," the pilot responded, then stammered, "I mean, I guess...
...problem is some people are wondering whether that path leads anywhere at all. At the same time that Null's book, the 1,000-plus-page Get Healthy Now!, is exploding onto the best-seller list, questions are being raised about just what brand of medicine it is that he's out there peddling. In recent months there was vocal resistance within the public broadcasting network to showing Null's videos during pledge drives, in part because of concerns about the sensational claims he was making and the somewhat shaky science with which he backed them up. Other critics...
Meanwhile the arguments continue to rage over whether Mallory and Irvine made it all the way, beating New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay by 29 years. "It's an interesting, romantic thought, but until someone shows a clear image of them at the summit, I'm happy to stick with Hillary and Tenzing," says veteran climber David Breashears. As for the 79-year-old Sir Edmund, he isn't losing any sleep over the matter. "Getting to the bottom is an important part too," he told Television New Zealand...
...killers were not themselves evil; they were instruments of it, of the dark force we met in Narnia and try not to think about once we grow up, until the day we have no choice. Hence the 15 crosses planted up on the hill, and the argument about whether the killers deserved to have their crosses alongside those of the victims, whether they needed them most...
...Whether female candidates for the top business schools are opting out because of a feeling, like Mawn's, that they are better off with the work experience, or because of family considerations or a distaste for the business-school climate--or business in general--the fact is that they just aren't going. Women account for only 29% of those in the country's top business schools, and it's been that way since 1994. Meanwhile, other professional-degree programs are educating women in impressive numbers that continue to rise. Women made up 46% of first-year law students...