Word: easier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Smith's daughter Erin, 8, who was holding a brown teddy bear that wore a pink apron. After embracing most of the relatives, one by one, he said, "We'll all go out together in a few minutes. I wish there was something I could say to make it easier, but there just aren't any words." Yet when the music stopped and he stepped onto the outdoor ; rostrum, Reagan once again found the right words, and he delivered them eloquently...
...they will look with reshaped features, restyled cosmetics, the latest suit or a new head of hair--all before they commit their flesh to the scalpel or their cash to a purchase. The new systems are easing the qualms of prospective cosmetic-surgery patients, making life easier for their doctors and boosting sales in department stores nationwide...
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED should discontinue the swimsuit issue. It will calm millions of parents who subscribed to the magazine for their teenage kids; and it will make school librarians sleep easier knowing that they don't have to keep the issue under lock...
...does Harvard routinely shun the input of those who will be affected by its decisions? Often, Harvard is simply afraid of hearing their suggestions. It's easier to rule from above than to listen to the wishes of those below. One of the few times when Harvard does stoop down and lend its ear to the underlings is when it chooses new house masters. The Dean of the College meets with house residents, and students participate on the master selection committee. Such an outrageously progressive decision-making process should serve as a model for major appointment decisions, and other choices...
...figures are inflated, "a by-product of the fact that the study was conducted by psychologists." Blanchard also thinks the actual figure is much lower, and that the homeless are on the street mainly for economic reasons. He says that when he was on the street, it was "easier to get help if you said you were an alcoholic...