Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disadvantage, in the view of environmentalists, is that it is in the Columbia Basin. The Energy Department proposes carving a cavern in the basalt rock some 3,000 ft. below the surface, and contends that the radioactivity could never seep into underground water sources or the river. Many job-conscious residents of the three nearby cities of Kennewick, Richland and Pasco were happy that their area remained under consideration. "We're better educated about nuclear energy here," said Dorothy Schoeppach, manager of the Pasco Chamber of Commerce. "We're not afraid...
...symbol: of the unknowable and chaotic universe everyone inhabits; of the unknowable and chaotic inner life that inhabits everyone. Those images in which man's pretensions to power, to mastery over self and fate, are trivialized, swallowed up in the vastness of the Indian earth and sky, are careful, conscious efforts to express the film's theme visually without stating it flatly, in words...
...Olympic publicity came at a time of renewed fascination with bicycles. Health-conscious Americans, especially joggers whose knees can no longer take the pounding of running, have been turning to bikes for exercise and fresh air. As a result, U.S. bicycle sales rebounded to 9 million units in 1983, and should reach 9.7 million this year...
...hail the pro who "wants the ball" down the stretch, the taker of the buzzer shot, Mr. Clutch. For eight or nine seasons, Cousy thought of himself that way. But over the final two or three, he tumbled to an almost opposite criterion for a professional. "I was very conscious of my skills eroding. Franco Harris can say what he likes, but the moment a back can't get to that hole, he realizes it. The minute there is even a subtle diminishment of legs, you're the first to know. I became aware of when I should...
...touch deteriorates accordingly." At 7 o'clock in the morning, he lets himself into the Assumption College gymnasium about a quarter mile from his home in Worcester, Mass. Why Cousy has returned to the court at 56 he finds embarrassing to say, confessing to having made "a conscious decision never to play in oldtimers' games," a principle he has violated only in small measure...