Word: standpoint
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...workplace that might disrupt research and study. But workers are as concerned about the workplace as their supervisors are, and having a union would improve its continuity. Now it is true that if workers have a strong voice on campus, they may agressively differ with the administration's standpoint, but that is not disruption, it is democracy...
...really have not had contact with Dalton or her lawyer." Steiner said. "From a legal standpoint, they have plenty of time [to carry out their case...
...undeniable drawback to Mevacor, at least from the patient's standpoint, is its high price. A single 20-mg pill goes for $1.64, and a year's treatment can cost up to $3,000. Says Congressman Henry Waxman, a California Democrat who chairs the House Health and Environment Subcommittee: "Merck, like other big drug companies, has been raising prices dramatically and has introduced new drugs at shockingly high prices." Even drugs whose patents have long expired remain expensive. A bottle of 60 25-mg tablets of Merck's arthritis- fighting Indocin sells in New York City...
STUDENTS have cited Thernstrom's attitude toward slavery and the Jim Crow system as indications of a biased and insensitive standpoint. One student in the course has said that Thernstrom "painted a benevolent picture of slavery." But this accusation is short-sighted and fails to capture the essence of Thernstrom's approach to slavery...
...sense. Venues may seem a bit more scattered than usual, but this is where Canadian ingenuity comes in. The writer Pierre Berton offers a definition: "A Canadian is someone who could make love in a canoe." After all, isn't intimacy part balance and part illusion? From an American standpoint, another attraction may be that the Yanks don't win so often. Almost four years since that pretty but loud Los Angeles summer, the star- spangled anthem still screams in a few ears, and humming along with Finns and Norwegians will be a pleasure...