Word: statement
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...hour takeover of Bendetson Hall, Tufts University President John DiBiaggio acquiesced to the demands of student protesters, issuing a letter confirming that Tufts non-discrimination policy protected students from discrimination based upon belief. We applaud both the persistence of the protesters and the sagacious--though long overdue--administrative statement...
...hospital says the Bush campaign had nothing to do with preparing Wasserman's first dissembling statement. And though Cheney's wife Lynne and daughter Liz were involved, Cheney's press secretary, Juleanna Glover Weiss, insists they did not at first understand that what he had suffered qualified as a heart attack. Communications director Hughes says she also did not understand until she asked the hospital's p.r. director to explain the meaning of the elevated enzyme levels. Once she realized that this signaled a mild heart attack, she says, she immediately told the hospital that the doctors should go before...
Saxophonist Adderley once said that Davis "is not a good trumpet player but a great soloist," a seemingly gnomic statement that nails Davis precisely. Unable to execute the speedy, flowing lines of be-bop, he instead found a voice whose terse eloquence resided not only in his exquisite, lapidary phrases but in the silent spaces between them as well. On Blue in Green, the album's third cut, there are passages of such poised stillness that they constitute a sort of aural photograph, a moment perfectly preserved...
...fashion statement. But Finnish researchers have found that little oval-shaped plastic bumpers that fit into undergarments can protect fragile hipbones. In a study of seniors, nearly all the oldsters who wore the protectors over their hips survived a fall with joints intact. (Good thing, because up to 30% of the elderly who break a hip can be expected to die within a year.) The crash helmets for hips are recommended for people with osteoporosis, especially those who suffer dizzy spells or are otherwise tumble prone. Whether old folks can be persuaded to wear them, though, is anyone's guess...
...ruckus broke out, Phil Beck stormed forward and asked to read the document, which Zack grudgingly permitted him to hold. The surprise statement was allowed - and Zack got Ahmann to admit that his device can lead to unreadable votes due to chad buildup, dangling chads and even rubber problems...