Word: generous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accused murderer. This suppression of identity in some ways adds to the suspense of the movie. Bridges lets us know so little of Jack's true motives and feelings that we cannot decide with certainty his guilt or innocence. At the same time, however, by not being generous with his character, Bridges tends to cut off our sympathy for Jack, and even to make us wonder why Close, playing a scrupulously ethical lawyer, would become romantically involved with...
...glad that Harvard offers this generous opportunity," said a student who is taking a make-up exam...
When a malignant tumor sets up camp somewhere in the human body, it requires a generous supply of blood in order to survive and grow. Cancer cells secure this supply by somehow encouraging angiogenesis, the proliferation of networks of tiny capillaries, which connect the incipient tumor to nearby arteries and veins. But what are the signals that entice the blood vessels to leave their established pathways and converge on a tumor? Scientists have sought the answer to that question for years. If such signals could be blocked, they reasoned, the tumor would no longer grow...
...that end, he pledged a sort of export subsidy: $300 million from the Treasury to help U.S. companies match the generous credit terms that exporters in foreign country A, with assistance from their government, might offer to buyers in foreign country B. Reagan also promised to "work unceasingly" to tear down such trade barriers as laws that restrict the sale of U.S. insurance in South Korea and high-tech products in Brazil. He cited world trade treaties that permit highly selective limits on the sale in the U.S. of products from those countries...
...paintings in this exhibit were garnered from 38 museums and 19 private collections, according to the exhibit's organizers. The most generous lenders include Paris' Musee d'Orsay (Galerie du Jeu de Paume), which offered 10, and the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., which offered seven. The MFA has also contributed seven works, including "Flowers in a Vase" and "Dance at Bougival...