Word: beare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...comes from the literal details. The man who used to hurry to work now scuttles beneath the bed; the fastidious fellow who loved milk now detests "the fresher foods" and slurps deafeningly over anything decayed. When he agonizes with wounds inflicted by members of his family, they cannot bear to touch him to help heal...
...soothing answer: while Americans abroad are vulnerable, there is little danger at home. But last week Oliver Revell, the FBI's second ranking official, told a congressional subcommittee that a "hard core" of 300 among the more than 10,000 Iranians who have come to the U.S. as students bear careful watching. Some, he said, are members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard whose real interests are far from academic...
...year tenure, city officials have often charged that Harvard is not doing enough to support the community. City residents have complained that the University has made complex real estate decisions without adequately consulting them. As the principle liason between Harvard and the city, O'Neill has had to bear the brunt of that criticism...
...decreased as a percentage of total revenue over the past few years, Harvard has had to look to other places to pick up the slack. Moreover, the University's expenses have increased more than 180 percent, $558 million, since 1978. The inevitable, however unfortunate, result is that students must bear more of the burden...
...Today was a good showing of where we stand. We showed that we have the power of a wooly mammoth, the stamina of an okapi, the spring of a wallaby and the intensity of a mother bear guarding her cubs. In a nutshell, we're ready for Yale...