Word: effort
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...correspond with her. But, says Cooper, "Billie Jean King told me [Gibson] was very private and really didn't like to be bothered." King herself remembers a different Gibson, before she turned recluse. "She would always come into the locker room to say hi and just make an effort to be really friendly to all of us." But then the silence settled in, and it has taken King years to arrange to see her; finally this week she has an appointment to visit, together with Zina Garrison, whose own tennis career was made possible by Gibson. Says King...
...doubt that the world of photography has gone insane, moments after Princess Di had been pronounced dead, the dilemma facing some British publishers was what to do about the pictures taken that fateful night. The National Enquirer's Coz says he will not purchase any such photos, in an effort "to send a message." Someone may well publish a picture from the tunnel, and to keep blood off its hands, the public must avert its eyes. We can blame the press only if we stop watching...
...material, charm and skin and a curtsy, the kindergarten teacher who could cross the street without stopping traffic. She would never be a perfect beauty, so the fun was watching her become a great one, the bones and the bearing taking shape before the cameras, as though by an effort of will...
...decades later, Americans have not crossed their Jordan. In fact, for all the effort to make the racial issue irrelevant, it has become more pervasive and indelible. Last week a California law forbidding the use of affirmative action in state programs went into effect; movements to pass similar laws are afoot in other states and in Congress. One harbinger of that change: at state law schools in Texas and California, the end of preferences has meant classes with single-digit numbers of blacks. And as the Supreme Court prepares for next month's new session, its most anticipated case...
...when messages just don't mean a lot to students," says Erenberg. Administrators have become quicker to penalize campus groups that sponsor reckless parties. And more than 50 colleges now permit students to avoid temptation and rowdy behavior by living in alcohol-free dorms. "It's an effort to break into the campus alcohol culture and say it is possible to have a fulfilling college experience without drinking," says Alan Levy, a spokesman for the University of Michigan, where 30% of undergrads choose the alcohol-free option...