Word: beare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about 30 men and women, most in their mid-20s, straggle into the plush classroom. Some bear the look of their recent past--the collegiate T-shirts and knapsacks. Some sport the fashion of their professional future--the smartly tailored suits and briefcases Rob Portman joins them, settles on the green swivel seat and arranges his materials--notebook, pens, and breakfast: croissant, and a Styrofoam cup of coffee, from the bistro-cum-cafeteria, Soupcon...
...then there's the incessant and increasingly boring "sieve." Like "midget," this has long since ceased to bear any resemblance to what the opposing goalie does. It is applied simply because of what he is; namely, the opposing goalie...
...Selleck, the 6-ft. 4-in., 200-lb. star of CBS's Magnum, P. I., which premiered in 1980. A genial shoot-'em-up, Magnum is set in Hawaii, a location that allows Selleck, 38, to romp on the beach and show off his grizzly-bear chest to the camera with once-a-week regularity. No. 2 in the latest Nielsen ratings, the show has apparently propelled Selleck to movie stardom as well. His first feature film, High Road to China, displaced Tootsie as the box-office leader upon its release March 18. A lethargic imitation of Raiders...
...School, for example, there are few disciplinary problems with the 15% of the student body that is of Asian parentage. Says Principal Norman Silber: "Our Asian kids have terrific motivation. They feel it is a disgrace to themselves and their families if they don't succeed." The results bear him out: between 40% and 50% of pupils in Lane Tech's advanced-placement math classes are of Asian background, and two of the school's four National Merit Scholarship winners so far are Asian. Says Silber: "The parents are on the school's side...
Burford, known by colleagues as the Ice Queen and once described in her home state of Colorado as so tough "she could kick a bear to death with her bare feet," succumbed with quiet dignity. Her celebrated feistiness had faded under the emotional strain of seeing her agency tarred by allegations ranging from perjury and conflict of interest by her top aides, to mismanagement and political favoritism. She also faced a congressional contempt citation for invoking, on Reagan's orders, Executive privilege to withhold subpoenaed EPA documents from House subcommittees. "She had come apart at the seams personally...