Word: mattered
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Books are decaying rapidly today because "a tree had more to it than a cotton ball," says Merrill-Oldam. The problem is that wood contains lignin, the substance that causes newsprint even today to decay and yellow within a matter of weeks if left...
...only politician who has skirted the limits of ethical (and perhaps even legal) boundaries in the requisite race for funds. Reform is needed. However, this particular episode is more significant for another reason. It proves, once and for all, that in selecting our public figures, character does matter...
...opinion of the electorate is perceived as being so entrenched on this matter that Bob Dole did not even bother to seriously broach the character issue during the recent campaign. Polls have shown that people simply do not care about Whitewater, Travelgate or the misuse of FBI files. Most voters acknowledge Clinton's questionable ethical judgement but insist that his private peccadillos have no bearing on his ability to act as chief executive. Recent events prove otherwise...
...today the Italian coast guard intercepted fishing boats filled with 65 Albanians desperate to flee the chaos at home. Independent media has all but disappeared under police press ure as reporters have been attacked and beaten and several are seeking amnesty at Tirana embassies. "This is no more a matter of having an independent press or not," said Koha Jon? publisher Nikoll? Lesi in a press conference on Wednesday, acc ording to Albanian Daily News reports. "The question now is life security...
...response he has decided to report them to members of the administration for disciplinary action as "a matter of standing up for [himself] and other gay people...who could just as easily be threatened [by harassment...