Word: wishfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...body of Eileen Mabwa, 40, was found in the couple's Evanston, Ill. home at about 6 p.m. on October 30 by a neighbor who did not wish to be identified. The neighbor said she was responding to a call from Mabwa, who told her he had killed his wife and left her in the basement...
...televised briefing, Reagan noted that the Soviet proposal delivered to him in September by Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze "had certain positive seeds which we wish to nurture." The President refused to discuss the details of his new response, but said, "I would characterize our arms- control position as deep cuts, no first-strike advantage, defensive research . . . and no cheating." One of the seeds picked up from the Soviets was setting the limit on nuclear charges at 6,000. Yet the U.S. proposal applies the 6,000 figure only to warheads on strategic missiles (submarine ballistic missiles and land-based ICBMs...
...freshman who did not wish to be identified said "RAs determine what happens in the dorms. If you have a party in your room, you're fine. But once things get out of hand...
Encumbered towards the end of his life by a tormented body, Barthes's fantasy of self-effacement represents the supreme death wish, the desire to become "the walking paradox who draws attention to his desire not to draw attention." In its headless, anonymous authority, On Signs is a body eclectic, composed of thin tissue samples of each author's textual corpus. The selling appeal of its entire package lies in its utility. Whether looking at the applications of semiotics in the bra-manufacturing industry or delivering newly-translated (and still largely incomprehensible) canonical texts and theories of reading, the collection...
...Hare system of proportional representation, which allows voters to pick as many candidates as they wish and rank their preferences, has led candidates to seek any sort of name recognition in the hopes that