Word: mattered
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LHMS officials, citing the lack of a consensus, said they would try to find a compromise. "We do not have a moral issue before us, merely a matter of taste," said David Greenwald '90, president of the Music Society...
...stuck to its guns on both principle and practicality. Establishing a manpower parity sends out the wrong message, Washington contends, since U.S. forces are in Europe by the invitation of host countries and Soviet troops are occupying forces. As a practical matter, additional American forces are needed because, instead of pulling back a relatively short distance across land as the Soviets will do, the U.S. will be withdrawing thousands of miles across an ocean. Any future troop buildup in Europe would thus require greater effort by Washington than by Moscow. Most U.S. analysts read the Soviet stand-down...
...certainly was a hairy issue. Supporters of a ban on the sale of furs in plush Aspen, Colo., pelted their opponents with charges of indifference to animals. Those opposed bristled back that the matter was not a proper concern of government. Last week a record 71% of the town's 3,739 registered voters cast ballots in the referendum. The result: 1,701 to 898 in favor of continued sales...
...Mayor Alice K. Wolf said that such a program remains a matter of heated debate among many city officials because of the controversial nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
...matter of learning enough and sizing up the situation well enough to know how to be constructive and creative and effective...