Word: check
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...check the operation of a vague generality under fire, take the typical example, "Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme." The question is asked, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?" Our hero replies by opening his essay with "David Hume, the great Scottish philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If this be the spirit of the age in which he lived then he was representative of it." This generality expert has already taken his position for the essay. Actually he has not the vaguest idea of what Hume really...
...Everything kind of flows until the nextmeeting [next fall]," Rauch said."Parliamentarily, this never happened. [But] froma practical point of view more than one half ofthe people who have any real connection to thecouncil were there. The blank check [given to theexecutive board at the meeting to secure a fallconcert] is in the hands of the executive board.That's reality. If anyone wants to sue thecouncil, they...
...fact, they were so pleased that they gave the council's executive committee a $35,000 "blank check" to negotiate another concert for next fall...
...most far-reaching plan comes from Massachusetts Democrat John Kerry, who has introduced an amendment calling for public financing of Senate campaigns by raising the checkoff on federal tax forms from $1 to $3. But only 1 in 5 taxpayers bothers to check the box, even though it adds nothing to tax bills. The idea is a cop-out: if Congress wants campaigns to be funded by taxpayers, it should vote to allocate the money...
...monthly potpourri of show-biz interviews and features, is getting the biggest push. After eight months of test-marketing, the magazine is poised for a nationwide rollout in June. Unlike most of its predecessors, Persona will be aimed at a mass audience. It will get wide distribution at supermarket check-out stands and other retail outlets. And it will be priced at a low, low $4.95. That is scarcely more than the cost of a blank cassette; Persona's advertising will even point out that the tape can be reused after viewing (as can all prerecorded tapes, with a little...