Word: beare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first women allowed in male-dominated work places, secretaries and other office-workers have long endured the indignity of being told exactly what women could and could not do. As the victims of America's 350-year plunge into slavery. Black women bear a tragic legacy unknown to any other member of their gender in this country...
Bryant had other things to learn about big-time football. During his second year at Texas A&M, the school was put on probation for recruiting violations. Bear now acknowledges that the violations occurred, insisting that they were standard at the time: the usual sorry practices of wealthy alumni giving money, cars, jobs. "All the other schools were doing it, so we did it too," he explains. "I was real bitter about it at the time-I cried all the way home from the meeting where they put us on probation-but looking back, it may have been the best...
...time he was a courtly and soft-spoken charmer who persuaded parents in order to win over their strong and swift sons.* To sell Alabama, his staff tells prospects, with veracity, that they will have a chance to play on a national championship team if they come with the Bear. Rival coaches try to turn Bryant's reputation to their advantage. Says Auburn Coach Doug Barfield: "We have to sell the concept of having a chance to beat him." Bryant regularly gets the sons of former players: John David Crow Jr., for instance, was a running back three seasons...
...play. But just as in the old days, his players still regard him with awe that is tinged with fear. There is no physical intimidation, in the style of the deposed Woody Hayes of Ohio State and Frank Kush of Arizona State. "I don't remember ever seeing Bear hit a player," says Dietzel. "But I don't think you have to hit people to intimidate them. I don't think there has ever been a player -or a coach-who wasn't scared to death...
...took off his topcoat at the back of the hall, pulled off his jacket and tie as he stepped to the podium, stomped on them, then kicked them aside. Finally, he rolled up his sleeves, leaned into the microphone and announced in a low, firm voice: "My name is Bear Bryant and I'm ready to go to work...