Word: beare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tearing a society to shreds. Although the CIA and its people make mistakes, they are not the villains of the piece. Rogers' innocence rests in his belief that he and his country can apply reasonableness and common sense to a situation they do not understand. History does not bear out that assumption, and neither does this disturbing novel...
...Thursday, complained about a "world that constantly moves the carpet under your feet, pulling it out and threatening to trip you up." The market bust, he said, "is the disorder of a non-system. There is no system. It has been broken." Others left no doubt about who must bear responsibility for fixing it. Says a senior Canadian government economist: "Everyone, all around the world, has been keeping an eye on the U.S. economy and wondering how long it could continue to survive without dealing with things like its trade imbalance and its huge federal deficit. When people became convinced...
...says Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. "It's a defense of the last resort." Explains Lawyer Michael Kennedy, who cited his client's drug dependency in unsuccessfully appealing for a new murder trial for Schoolmistress Jean Harris: "Juries tend to look at addiction as something for which you must bear the responsibility. Therefore they are disinclined to let people off the hook...
Taking lessons in stoicism from Rookie Manager Tom Kelly, Minnesota was inclined to regard it not as a crash but as a correction. From the July All- Star Game to the October playoffs, Gary Gaetti, Kent Hrbek and Kirby Puckett brought all their muscle to bear, and still the Twins won just nine away games. For that matter, the last time the franchise managed a World Series victory on the road, the Washington Senators won it and Walter Johnson pitched it. Naturally, the people of St. Louis cannot imagine a more genial place than Busch Stadium, though their perspective...
...have had a tendency this year to let the pressure off the opponent after we score the first goal," Harvard Coach Nita Lamborghini said. "We need to bear down after we score first. We need to be more intense and control the pace of the game...