Word: depending
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...veteran fan, does the new Saturday Night Live still seem like a pale imitation of its old self? For one thing, the most popular bits -- Carvey's Church Lady, the body-building brothers Hans and Franz -- are the weakest parts of the show, crowd pleasers that depend on makeup gimmicks rather than nimble gags. Too many sketches are pat and obvious in ways that the old group wouldn't have tolerated (a team of ad executives, marooned on an island, worries more about meetings and market surveys than about building a raft to escape). The live production, meanwhile, is more...
...future of South Florida." If the river of grass turns into a sea of cattails, the water supply for coastal cities from West Palm Beach to Miami could dry up, and a sunny subtropical paradise could become a barren wasteland. Floridians are coming to realize how much they too depend on the vast marshland that once seemed so useless...
...would unfairly single out first-year students as the only athletes who need time to study and rearrange priorities. Expelling Proposition 48-victims with low college GPA's similarly misplaces the onus on a distinct group of athletes, this time those with SAT scores under 700. Athletic eligibility should depend solely on academic performance regardless of class year or SAT scores...
...This year, Jewett has a different strategy in mind. He says the decision will no longer depend on support from the masters, although he is seeking it. "We tried the discretion of the masters," Jewett says, adding that last year, "the process worked okay, but the results had just as much skewing as ever...
...when Johnson and Abbruzzese do return to the lineup, don't expect the Lions to depend on the duo like they did last year. With a new coach and a new outlook, the Lions intend to spread the offense...