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Word: whether (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Consider one such reality. Whether on the basis of academic advice, physical attractions such as swimming pools or presses, proximity to extra-curricular activity, there remain important, legitimate reasons for students to wish to select or not select a house, regardless of stereotype...

Author: By Steven J. Newman, | Title: Don't Go All the Way | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

...police, too, say the rape caused them to look more closely at whether the campus was safe for undergraduates...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: A Community Confronts a Rape | 12/13/1989 | See Source »

...retrospect, the choice of the word "defend" was poor. But I stand by my accusation that Dershowitz is an inveterate apologist for Israel. My point was not whether Dershowitz approves of human rights violations, but whether he rationalizes them. And indeed he does...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: The Editor Strikes Back | 12/13/1989 | See Source »

...interest to me to know what the profile of Harvard students is to law schools...which will affect the way I advise students and assess their chances," Rakoff said. "I need to know whether it is a Harvard phenomena and what it it means for those kids...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law Test Scores Show More 48s | 12/12/1989 | See Source »

...many ethicists believe even artificial nutrition and hydration is a medical treatment that may be withdrawn from terminally ill or irreversibly comatose patients. But others disagree; to them, food and water, even through a tube, represents the necessities of life and constitutes basic care. Some experts also debate whether there is a clear or a blurred line between withholding nourishment and the next step, injecting death-inducing drugs. Many worry about a slippery slope that could lead to legalized euthanasia and suicide, and a general devaluation of life, particularly of those who are incompetent or elderly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: Whose Right to Die? | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

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