Word: beare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seems that the author himself became a frequent figure at the Parisian salons and dinners, despite the fact that he frequently referred to himself as a "bear" or a "hermit," hibernating away from the bourgeois society which he held in great disdain...
...more than 40 years, the U.S. has held sway in Asia by a combination of Pax Americana and the almighty dollar. Uncle Sam has defended his friends against Communist expansionism while providing aid and guaranteeing markets. Now Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union is behaving less like the Big Bad Bear. The Soviets may well close their naval and air facilities in Viet Nam and continue to foster peace on the Korean peninsula. Many in the area believe it is only a matter of time before the U.S. withdraws from its own bases in the Philippines and removes its ground troops...
Similarly, for more than a century the descendants of the freedmen have debated what name they should bear as a people. In every instance, a shift in appellation coincided with a new stage in the struggle for equality. In the years after the Civil War, the terms black and negro, favored by slaveholders gave way to the gentler designation colored. Early in this century, when the legal battle against Jim Crow laws was being pressed by the N.A.A.C.P., Negro returned, but with a respectful uppercase N. That gave way to black during the militant days of sit-ins and mass...
...from the trip. If Shevardnadze's journey actually did little to nudge the mired peace process, it helped the Soviets gain a larger role in the region. Even the Israelis seemed to accept their presence, despite long-standing fears that a higher Soviet profile could bring unwanted pressures to bear. Said Galia Golan, a professor at Hebrew University: "Israel is treating the Soviet Union as virtually a factor equal to the United States...
FINAL clubs have been a perenial source of controversy, reeling under a barrage of attacks ranging from racism and elitism to sexism. While all of these charges bear some force, the arguments supporting such accusations have become so varied and muddled that their viability seems destined always to be in question. Such arguments seem incapable of building a true consensus of opposition...