Word: bearing
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...early 1914 Adolf, his head spinning with unassimilated ideas, was rejected by the Austrian army as "unfit for combatant and auxiliary duties, too weak. Unable to bear arms." The Bavarian military had no such reservations. At the beginning of World War I, he was issued a uniform and sent to the front. Even there the trooper was set apart. He received no mail, shared no confidences, had no girlfriend. A fellow enlistee remembered "this white crow among us that didn't go along with us when we damned the war to hell." In France the white crow distinguished himself under...
...Powell's West Wing experience that took him over the top. Aided by his teddy-bear good looks, Powell projected a relaxed sociability among Reagan-Bush Republicans as effectively as he has done through his 31 years of Army service. But he was also able to slip seamlessly into a cool, no-nonsense demeanor when needed. Subordinates learn not to waste words in meetings he chairs. "Powell has many of the qualities that Bush admires," said a White House aide. "He's a team player, highly capable but modest. And he knows how Government works from the inside...
More than half the White House's work flows through Porter's six In boxes --including an URGENT one for briefing papers and memos, many of which bear little blue handwritten notes imprinted FROM THE DESK OF GEORGE BUSH. Before signing on, Porter says with a chuckle, "I thought he was interested mostly in foreign policy...
Though many of these outlying efforts have been wildly successful, the zoos themselves are still the front line. A child who rubs noses, even through the plate glass, with a polar bear or a penguin may be far more likely to mature into an eager conservationist than into one who sees animals as toys or accessories. It is hard to walk around a good zoo without caring, deeply, about whether this miraculous wealth of lovely, peculiar, creepy, unfathomable creatures survives or perishes. And it will be a great sorrow if zoos are ever the last place on earth where...
...most high-tech, high-thrill, fastest, longest, tallest log-flume ride in the world. Two thousand passengers an hour can shriek through the swirling path down the watery mountain, at speeds of up to 40 m.p.h. Serenading them along the way are Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Bear and other characters from Disney's 1946 partly animated film Song of the South. Since Splash Mountain opened July 18, visitors have typically waited an hour and a half for the 10-min. ride...