35 years ago in reason."I think that in 20 years there will probably be ... many bigamous big·a·mous adj. 1. Involving bigamy. 2. Guilty of bigamy. big  a·mous·ly adv.Adj. 1. marriages. The reason that I say 'bigamous' is that I'm I'm Contraction of I am. Our Living Language Speakers of some scattered varieties of American English sometimes use I'm instead of I've or I have in present perfect constructions, as in thinking many of the older people, particularly those on Social Security, would tend to join together in some kind of living form." --"The Future of Marriage: An Interview With Robert Rimmer" "Ralph Nader  This page is currently protected from editing until (UTC) or until disputes have been resolved. is contemplating legal action to force the
Transportation Department to reinstate To restore to a condition that has terminated or been lost; to reestablish.To reinstate a case, for example, means to restore it to the same position it had before dismissal. its now-canceled order requiring installation of front-seat airbags by August 1973. Nader apparently goes along with the bureaucratic bu·reau·crat n. 1. An official of a bureaucracy. 2. An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure. bu trade-off that more lives will be saved by airbags that work than will be lost due to inevitable misfiring--ergo, airbags are good and can be legitimately forced on everybody." --"Publisher's Notes" "Now that 17 states have liberalized their anti-abortion laws, popular attitudes are changing rapidly. An Opinion Research Corporation survey reported that 49% of those polled in a recent survey (men and women over 16) favor unrestricted abortion, 42% opposed. Only three years ago 80% was opposed when the same question was asked." --"The Right to an Abortion" --December 1971 |
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