Word: beare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Just bear with me," he said. "Your dollar starts here. Right now, it's of no use to anyone, because it hasn't been spent yet. But the government moves quickly to rectify that situation"--magically we appeared on the pitching deck of a naval vessel--"by giving your dollar to defense contractors to build war materiel...
PHILADELPHIA--Losing is never easy to bear, but when you lose to the best team in the nation, it takes some of the sting...
...most Israelis seemed to support Rabin, some critics charged that the Defense Minister had needlessly risked war with Syria, which has troops stationed within firing range of Maydun. Rabin, moreover, had launched the Maydun attack without consulting the Cabinet, which caused several ministers to complain that they could not bear responsibility for an operation that they had not approved. Taking full responsibility, Rabin retorted that the siege was well within his portfolio...
...such, he represents one of the salient trends in modern American music, the fusion of the pop vernacular with the mainstream classical tradition. He is not alone: Rock Musician Glenn Branca writes raucous symphonies for electric guitars, and the Chinese-American Lucia Hwong brings a cross-cultural sensibility to bear on her wistful New Age musings. But although Davis' orchestral music may contain improvisatory sections reminiscent of jazz, it is carefully controlled and expertly planned. Imagine Ellington's lush, massed sonorities propelled by Bartok's vigorous whiplash rhythms and overlaid with the seductive percussive haze of the Balinese gamelan orchestra...
...practices of the class gift bear this corruption out. The young fundraisers go through lists of seniors in their houses dividing them by socio-economic standards. Names of individuals rich enough to be earmarked for special treatment are circled, and those whose families are expected to make special contributions in honor of their graduation are crossed off. This elite group will be handled by more veteran fundraisers...