Word: perceptionã
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...broke down to a vote of three Democrats against two Republicans. It was blatantly obvious to everyone that the SEC was politically motivated to bring this suit now so as to move the financial reform bill forward in the Congress. Whether true or not, that’s the perception??and we all know that people buy and sell stocks all the time based on perception and rarely on the reality. On the New York Stock Exchange we’d say, "Buy the rumor, and sell the news." The perception that Goldman Sachs and many...
...talking points in the form of arguments by assertion. His knowledge of international affairs is sketchy, but he is quite sure of America’s historical preeminence within them. His achievements are few, but his sense of self-importance is vast. He is obsessed with image and public perception??the kind of man who takes pride in signing his emails “Sent from my Verizon Wireless Blackberry,” not because he has one, but because it makes others think he does, giving him an excuse to write shorter correspondence. His is a certain...
...careless and baseless military intervention that it ended up endorsing. The war in Iraq may not be the imperialistic oil-grab some on the left have evoked, but the indignation and dissembling with which its leaders have responded to the mercenary problem certainly does little to combat that perception??at home or in the nurseries of anti-American agitators...
...think the perception??and very often, the reality—is that there’s nothing queer students can do about same-sex harassment, either because it isn’t taken seriously or simply because there’s no safe space if you’re being harassed by a roommate or teammate with whom you have to share space,” he said...
...added that he did not intend to offend York. He said that it was “a valid perception?? that his acts be seen as sexual harassment, but said he believed she misinterpreted his purpose. As he added, “my general affectionate air could be misinterpreted...