Word: bearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even heard of him; in his first week as Bill Clinton's running mate, he pressed the Arkansas Governor to make the Balkans a foreign policy priority. But now the whole endeavor is playing out in peculiarly personal terms for Gore: the success of a Kosovo peace plan will bear directly on his run for the presidency...
...much deconstruction can one blond bear? Just about everyone has had a go at Marilyn Monroe. There have been more than 300 biographies, learned essays by Steinem and Kael, countless documentaries, drag queens, tattoos, Warhol silk screens and porcelain collector's dolls. Marilyn has gone from actress to icon to licensed brand name; only Elvis and James Dean have rivaled her in market share. At this point, she seems almost beyond comment, like Coca-Cola or Levi's. How did a woman who died a suicide at 36, after starring in only a handful of movies, become such an epic...
...bear the social responsibilities of frats," Heller said. "We are losing our identity as anything more than a social provider...
...biggest cause for change was the end of rent control, under which Cambridge set a ceiling on rents landlords could charge. Phased out by December 1996, rent control's end has made it possible for landlords to charge what the market will bear--often far more than mom-and-pop stores can afford...
...charged what the market would bear, I'm sure the Harvard tuition would be a great deal higher than it is!" Lewis wrote in an e-mail message...