Word: bring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...still wanted this summer to be different. I wanted to be able to choose from a wide array of internships including NOW, ACLU and the NAACP. Each one would offer me the chance to work in a politically charged environment in which I would actually be able to bring about significant societal change, or at least get coffee and mail letters for those who bring about significant societal change...
...outreach was clearly part of the agenda. Pupils were assigned to call or write people with whom they "want to make a breakthrough," thereby introducing others to Landmark. On graduation night participants were encouraged to bring guests, who were then led away to learn more and sign on. From Day 1, attendants were told that for a limited time, the Forum's tuition included a $95 follow-up, "The Forum in Action." The crowd was also repeatedly invited to sign up for the $700 "Advanced Course." Act now and get a $100 discount...
...book and the movie, Jack is a guest star. His role is not so much supporting as hovering--like God in the Old Testament. He shows up occasionally to bring fear, awe or happiness to the mortals who are at the center of the story. He asks them to slaughter their first principles, hurls plagues of tabloid headlines their way, gives their lives meaning and hope with his captious majesty. Except, of course, that Jack isn't God. In luring his team toward corruption, twisting their idealism into realpolitik, Stanton is Satan...
...Bates' show (when Libby goes on a mission to save and test the Stantons). As he did with the Henry-Susan tryst, Nichols realized he had to serve the story: "I didn't need Jack the King." Instead he cast Hagman--old J.R.--whose soft smile and dazed eyes bring a lovely sense of politics' walking wounded. He is the film's sweetest emotional wreck...
...ratings improved, and the show's popularity continues even as the loss of the parents recedes. "These people at any time in their lives are constantly forced back to take care of each other," Keyser says, "which is the original premise of the show. In this way, we bring the show back to its essential question...