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Word: clearly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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...proceeding, as many of the local people claim, just a show for the international media? No, argues Brazilian Environment Secretary Jose Lutzenberger, who sees the trial as a clear demonstration that his country will protect the rain forest, along with the rubber tappers (seringueiros) and Indians who depend upon the trees for their livelihood. "Chico Mendes did not die in vain," he says. "We must and will put a stop to ecological crimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Justice Comes to the Amazon | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

...ground controller in the tower, unable to see Lovelace's Flight 1482 in the fog, asked First Officer James Schifferns, who was at the DC-9's radio, "Northwest, are you clear of Runway 3 Center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airplanes Collide: Lost in The Fog | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

...words that filled the House committee chamber were clear and unequivocal. Given time, the sanctions against Iraq could be counted on to halt its industry and hobble its military. That judgment would have been no surprise if it had come from any of the Democrats who used last week's House and Senate hearings to warn the Bush Administration against a hasty resort to force in the Persian Gulf. But the message came from one of the President's own men: William Webster, director of the Central Intelligence Agency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mixed Signals on Sanctions | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

...school can have no more important function than to teach students how to make themselves clear. But by putting speed ahead of substance, the school creates false values. Racing against the clock is not an ideal way to organize one's thoughts or arrange one's words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Communication Collapse | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

...including 750 Americans -- should be home by Christmas. In freeing the foreigners, Saddam has little if anything to lose. Apparently, he became convinced that holding on to them was bringing him ignominy the world over, and for no gain. The nations aligned against him had made clear that they were not going to be deterred from military action by the risk of sacrificing those innocent lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Options for Peace | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

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