Word: actualizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...writing about the original tribe for years, "even if everyone else considered that gardening was a sign of a diseased mind and uncouth habits." Yet Lacy is convinced that whatever motive draws gardeners in, whether vanity or foolishness or the need to bury their treasure in the ground, the actual experience outdoors will come to exert its own pull. "I know nobody who has given it up, except for reasons of infirmity, advancing age and incapacity," he says. "It holds the attention firmly, because there is always something new to learn, new discoveries to make." People who want a garden...
...Inspiration comes in moments of red wine andpoetry," Brown muses, "but the actual productionand the actual process of getting things done iscentered around the incredible and meaningfulsupport of family and close friends...
...hope in establishing this site is to begin reaching people in a more interesting, interactive format that will encourage us to begin the actual reunion process before we all arrive in Cambridge," he wrote...
...into action his party'scriticisms of affirmative action programsthis week by signing an executive order ending all preferential policies regarding jobs under the governor's jurisdiction. "We plan to make it clear affirmative action is no longer the standard; the standard is merit," said Wilson aide Leslie Goodman. The actual number of jobs affected, notesTIME Los Angeles Bureau Chief Jordan Bonfante, is quite limited. Wilson's order will only affect certain positions under his direct authority, though they will be scattered through 40 programs and 200 volunteer advisory boards. "Wilson's order," says Bonfante, "is primarily a symbolic expression...
...river will not wait, National Guardsmen, prisoners and volunteers spent Memorial Day stacking sandbags against the swollen Illinois and Missouri rivers. The Illinois is not expected to crest until June 1. But while water levels in many areas may reach higher than during the disastrous floods of 1993, the actual property damage totals may be considerably less than the $12 billion in losses the region suffered two years ago. Reason: fewer people now live in the most vulnerable parts of the flood plains. Thousands of home owners have relocated to higher ground in the past two years, thanks in part...