Word: discarded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...laundry basket," he wrote. "See, I was so caught up in pondering whether the lawn should get another dose of Weed & Feed that I lifted the lid on the garbage pail thinking it was our laundry basket. It was only an hour or so later, when I went to discard some peach peelings, that I saw my boxers there on the top of the heap...
...University's motion to dismiss asks the court to discard the plaintiffs' claim on the grounds that it is invalid under the law, according to University Attorney Robert B. Donin...
...group of regional leaders in the upper house of parliament who support Yeltsin. Responding to the Duma's action, they proposed that the election be postponed for at least two years. As explained by Vladimir Khubiyev, president of a North Caucasian ethnic republic within Russia, the need is "to discard all these elections and gradually move forward." Konstantin Titov, the regional governor of Samara, said, "Either you cancel your decision, or we cancel the June 16 elections...
...views as economic nonsense without realizing that his criticisms of current trade policy do have some basis in fact. Certainly, full-blown protectionism would inflict great harm on the American economy. But that does not necessarily imply that free trade is the answer. Rather, the United States should discard the obsolete notion that free trade is the best alternative in every case and instead selectively engage in protectionist practices both to force other nations to lower their own trade barriers and to benefit U.S. companies competing in imperfect markets...
More dialogue is needed on abortion, not less. Activists cannot discard their moral convictions any more than society can remain neutral on controversial issues. And if innocuous photos of a developing fetus revulse pro-choice advocates, then perhaps they should reconsider what their neutrality really means...