Word: less
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...legitimate, if not puzzling for a supporter of a hard-line American foreign policy for so long. But his rhetoric--insinuating that American Jews blindly loyal to Israel were the main proponents of a war to be fought by an American military composed entirely of non-Jews--constituted nothing less than demagogic anti-Semitic incitement...
...think during that year and a half [before the launch] it is fair to say that the people from the faculties--both the end users and school financial offices--were listened to less," said a senior financial administrator from one of the faculties. "The project changed to be viewed much more as a central project. I think it started out being viewed much more as a University project...
...ensure that guns are sold only to people with licenses, and that guns meet certain safety specifications. I agree that there are other means of fighting crime besides tough legislation, but Sohn's proposal to impose more severe punishments on gun offenders after they have committed a crime is less effective than preventing criminals from obtaining guns in the first place...
...that there's a dearth of good art, nor of good TV; in fact, this is the best time in history to be a viewer. But good TV, in this less ideological age, is much different from what it used to be. TV's best series, from Felicity to Friends, tend to be introspective rather than aimed outward at the larger society; they focus on relationships over radicalism, the personal over the political. (Even The West Wing takes pains not to alienate mass audiences.) Controversies over TV's best shows are rare (e.g., Italian Americans' plaints against The Sopranos...
Without such complications, the operation was straightforward. "We were at fairly close quarters, trying not to disturb the pencil and aggravate the injury," says Williams. But there was no infection, no contamination from pencil lead--and no permanent damage. Indeed, by last Saturday, less than three weeks after his open-heart surgery, Nathan was itching to get out of the house. "I want to go back to school," he told TIME. And parents who used to warn kids of the dangers posed to eyes by various sharp objects now have, for the foreseeable future, a new and even more frightening...