Word: depending
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were buying into it--we were starting to see ourselves as the sum of our body parts, too, and it made us feel pretty vulnerable. All of a sudden, our self-worth could depend on what the representative of this magazine that set beauty standards had to say about our bodies. All of a sudden, we were Amy, good skin, potential clothed model, and Ariela, strong bust, potential semi-nude...
...world from this rostrum . . . It is hard to detect any serious proposals on the part of the U.S. Administration to get down to resolving the cardinal problem of eliminating the nuclear threat." Gorbachev went on to hint that fixing a date for his next summit meeting with Reagan would depend on progress at the U.S.-Soviet nuclear arms talks in Geneva. Said he: "There is no sense in holding empty talks." Responded White House Spokesman Larry Speakes: "We can meet and have a productive meeting without progress at Geneva...
Some Congressmen may try to avoid lobbyists, but many have come to depend on them. "God love 'em," quips Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. "Without them we would have to decide how to vote on our own." Sarcasm aside, lobbyists do serve a useful purpose by showing busy legislators the virtues and pitfalls of complex legislation. "There's a need here," says Anne Wexler, a former Carter Administration aide turned lobbyist. "Government officials are not comfortable making these complicated decisions by themselves." Says Lobbyist Van Boyette, a former aide to Senator Russell Long of Louisiana: "We're a two-way street...
...simple games and conventional contestants. Wheel of Fortune, in which players spin a giant wheel to reveal letters in a hidden phrase, is a variation on the old word game Hangman. At least three current imitators feature similar fill-in-the- blank word games. A number of other shows depend on question-answer quizzes, exemplified by the challenging Jeopardy!, now a success in syndication after two earlier versions aired...
Until the CIA realizes that an abundance of classified material, covert funding and censorship have no place in institutions that depend and thrive on openness and freedom, Harvard professors must understand that contracts with the agency are inappropriate. As Bok and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences A. Michael Spence review the university's outside research regulations, they should make it absolutely clear that no Harvard professor should make research, consulting or other contracts with the CIA or similar agencies when there are strings attached...