Word: contend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SCIENTISTS and politicians have never been friendly bedfellows. "Leave us alone, you ignorant former humanities majors!" yell the white-coated researchers who contend that congressional investigations into scientific endeavors encroach upon academic freedom...
Reunions are not for everyone. Some birth mothers would slam the door if their relinquished baby came knocking. In fact, the search process is the focus of a great debate in adoption circles. Critics contend that it breaks legal contracts, that confidentiality should be the cornerstone of adoption. Says a woman who gave up a child 28 years ago: "The mere thought of being found by this baby is so upsetting. I made a new life for myself, and it doesn't include...
Even if some sort of relationship is maintained, the notion of cooperative adoption may raise unsettling questions for the children. In an era of divorce, remarriage and yours-mine-and-ours families, it is perhaps less anomalous than it once was to contend with two sets of parents. Still, what does the child call this woman who comes to visit and sends the birthday cards? What is he or she to think when that person later has children she decides to keep? Worst of all, what happens if the birth mother, having endeared herself to her child, suddenly stops coming...
Many petitioners, like Duehay, contend that an institutional use is simply not appropriate in a residential area...
...tobacco companies contend that they have a right to demand fair competition. Said Trade Representative Hills last week: "Where other nations permit local cigarettes to be advertised and sold, we say there may as well be U.S. cigarettes because we believe in nondiscrimination." Cigarette makers also insist that they are not inspiring new smokers but offering better choices for people who already have a taste for nicotine. Says Brenda Follmer, a spokeswoman for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco International, which sells the Winston , and Camel brands: "People say we are trying to make the Asians light up. But they're already lighting...