Word: braved
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...bargain was the Immigration Reform Act passed in 1986. It sacrificed greater vigilance against illegal aliens for what was considered a generous amnesty offer, provided the aliens registered by May 1988. But only a brave 6 percent of the expected applicants had taken advantage of the offer by November, the halfway point. Illegal immigrants, especially non-English speaking ones, are scared; for them the INS is an institution set up to prosecute them, to return them to places where they would be in great danger...
...Albert Gore Jr. watched Albert Gore Sr. lose the Senate seat that he had held for 18 years. The father he adored had taken brave and unpopular stands against Southern fealty to segregation and then against the Viet Nam War, and he had lost his seat because of those stands. "His father's defeat was very traumatic to him," says his mother Pauline. It reaffirmed in the son an innate cautiousness and taught him the virtues of moderation, compromise, consensus...
...first memory of Mike Dukakis was during his declaration of a State of Emergency during the infamous Blizzard of '78. This brave, courageous leader came on television and cancelled school for a week. I was a fan from the start. Since then, Dukakis has done nothing but disappoint...
...while Thomas, who suits Carmen to a P, will study to become a physician. "I'm still alive," Thomas said firmly as her disappointing scores flashed. "I can get on in my life, and I'll be fine." Amid all the hype and cheers and tears, those words rang brave and sincere...
...course, there was a batting cage in the next town when I was growing up. I'd visit the place every once in a while with my brother and father. I'd brave the Nolan Ryan cage, bat lefty in the Luis Tiant cage, and scoff at the kids my age who never got past the Little League cage...