Word: entertain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Describing his choice of subject matter, Lear said that he simply aimed to entertain the largest possible audience by writing about topics that interested him. "Audiences do laugh the hardest when they care, and when they care, they'll also cry," he said...
...your tribute to a man whom I have known as a student, a colleague, and a friend for a quarter of a century. Joe Fletcher was, without exception, the most brilliant student whom I ever taught at Harvard. Those of us who have devoted our lives to teaching always entertain the hope that we shall live to see our students go beyond ourselves in their achievements. I can truly say this of Joe Fletcher. Although my retirement--mandated by the system--was involuntary, I withdrew from my teaching after thirty-nine years of service to a great University...
...1890s offered Lounging Coats, Smoking Jackets and Negligee Coats at $6.50 for those planning to entertain at home. If he chose to venture outside, the man about town sported gloves of choice skins and correct shades, each pair selling for one dollar. Other gentlemanly accessories included silk neckwear at 50 cents a piece...
Fortunately, with-songs like "Pressure" and others exploring the riddles of Billy Joel's world, there no longer is any question about the enduring worth of this fellow's music-making. Thanks to The Nylon Curtain, we can write Billy Joel off and let other musicians entertain us without any remorse...
...decreased learning, between violence on television and aggressive behavior. Wilkins approvingly quotes Cornell Psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner, who once said: "The danger of TV lies not so much in the behavior it produces as in the behavior it prevents." Some examples: communication between parent and child, the capacity to entertain oneself, the ability to express ideas logically and feelings sensitively. Television, suggests Wilkins, does not sever children from reality, it becomes their reality, more vivid than the outside world to which it supposedly refers...