Word: follows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This, the first of many competitions to follow, was classified as a sprint triathlon because of the shorter distances covered. But don't let the name fool you--this demanding event is much more than most people could handle...
...judges by the standards of duty and loyalty to country, there are more successful princesses than Diana in this world. If only the international media was not English-dominated, we in America would have had much better model female consorts to follow. Take, for instance, Princess Alexandra of Denmark. A Eurasian former economist, she works hard to improve Danish trade. Or Crown Princess Masako of Japan '85, who was able to adapt herself to a most private and ancient family without a murmur. Look at Queen Noor of Jordan. As an American woman, she had been one of the first...
...leading roles of The Joy Luck Club, said that last year, TV Guide picked up on a trend in television: shows that featured strong girls as their main characters. Other magazines, such as Time, ran stories about the trend, too, and now TV Guide wants to follow up on its discovery with a cover story titled "Nickelodeon's Leading Ladies...
...Mayor's opponents then follow this reasoning further, taking crime prevention as a metonymy, a part for the whole. They insist that the Mayor's "law and order" stance simply reflects the sensibilities of his broader program for New York. Therefore, all his initiatives are tainted: quality of life improvements are for the rich, parks restoration is for the rich, tax reforms are for the rich, neighborhood renewal programs are for the rich. I'm just waiting for the Yankees' World Championship title to be dismissed as yet another perk...
That might be a relief if it also didn't reflect something more troubling: a White House without energy and a sense of purpose. Clinton's 1997 has been slow off the ground. His initiatives on race and volunteerism have fizzled from lack of follow-up. His push to improve public education has lacked ambition: Administration officials admit they made standardized tests the centerpiece of their plan not because anyone thinks they are the most vital improvement but because they are the least expensive. And the President's current efforts to bolster his trade-negotiating authority may have come...