Word: bearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, the campaign is about to bear at least some fruit. Following a series of meetings between network chiefs and N.A.A.C.P. officials in Baltimore over the past couple of weeks, the four networks are close to an agreement to implement a series of diversity initiatives, while the N.A.A.C.P. has all but dropped its boycott threat. Mfume seems to have realized that old-line civil rights tactics of boycotts and picket lines hold less sway on the Left Coast than power lunches and air kisses. What finally worked was the same back-room conciliatory politics that made Mfume a force...
...Nothing says creepy like a Hitchcock movie, except perhaps the Hitchcock 100th-birthday edition of Clue or the commemorative Bates Motel shower curtain or robe. QVC's Hitchcock beanbag bear was scary in a whole other...
...into familiar, almost banal, fare. Professor Michael Sandel's well-known and well-respected Core course concluded recently to a much deserved, if customary, standing ovation. "Justice," undoubtedly one of the best taught Cores, examines great philosophers and practical present-day applications of their theories, bringing daunting philosophies to bear on familiar contemporary debates...
...bear with me, it'll probably be fun filler, a nice column to read on the airplane while you wait for the lady with the 10 carry-ons to cram them into the overhead compartment, the exit row aisle and the beverage cart. You can wave your copy of The Crimson around so that everyone knows you go to Harvard, just in case your Coop sweatshirt doesn't give it away...
...house," he says. On the other hand, there are few opportunities for his rock band to practice. "You have to worry about disturbing your neighbors," he says. "Because you know them, you can't ignore them." It's a burden more and more Americans would gladly bear...