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Word: wronging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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Congress is finally moving to redress this lingering wrong. Last week a Senate energy subcommittee held a hearing in Shiprock, N. Mex., on legislation that would provide $100 million in compensation to miners and their families. As part of that sum, up to $50,000 would be granted to people exposed to radiation as a result of nuclear-bomb tests. The Justice Department, however, opposes the bill, arguing that the compensation amounts to a costly "entitlement program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Mexico: Atoning for Atomic Sins | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

...raves, no one credits the critic with generating anything--people came becausue the show was good. I'm not saying the critic ought to be thanked when a show does good business, but it's too convenient to make them scapegoats when things go wrong...

Author: By David M. Edelstein -, | Title: An Explanation of the Role of Student Reviewers on Campus | 3/23/1990 | See Source »

Sometimes, when an actor or director loses perspective, a critic is the only person who will suggest he is doing something wrong, and that kind of judgement is vital for the artist to consider if he wants to develop...

Author: By David M. Edelstein -, | Title: An Explanation of the Role of Student Reviewers on Campus | 3/23/1990 | See Source »

...entertaining and fun. When you look at all those people in shots like these, you think: "Is it really necessary to be critical? Why not just enjoy it?" And then comes the inevitable guilt feelings. I've felt rotten about some things I've written--not because they were wrong or even unjust, but because I've enjoyed writing them...

Author: By David M. Edelstein -, | Title: An Explanation of the Role of Student Reviewers on Campus | 3/23/1990 | See Source »

...Although The Crimson decided (March 7, 1990) that the underlying issue is not about methodology, The Crimson is wrong. (Such a lapse from omniscience had to happen sooner or later.) The underlying issue is exactly about the nature of social science. On that let me quote, if I may be forgiven, a living social scientist, Geyser University Professor Henry A. Rosovsky...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Davis Replies | 3/21/1990 | See Source »

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