Word: greets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...debate the issue, and Casey Kasem even hosts a "Just say no" TV fund raiser. Meanwhile, the President's sole black adviser (Robert Guillaume) overcomes his don't-rock-the-boat philosophy to rally opposition to the trade. Yet he finds that black activists are divided and posturing -- they greet his pleas for pragmatism with choruses of Amazing Grace. He does better with white business leaders ("What do you think I've been doing on these corporate boards all these years?"), who agree to finance an ad campaign against the deal once they realize they could lose their best customers...
...many ordinary Americans, and even some corporate middle managers, might greet that news with a shrug and a "So what?" -- or a skeptical obscenity. The price of beating overseas competition has been bitterly high: wave after wave of downsizing layoffs, wage increases limited or forgone, replacement of full-time workers by part-time or temporary hired hands. Even those who have hung on to regular jobs are often too exhausted by long hours of overtime and weekend work to enjoy the extra money they are earning...
Thus, you should make improvements the only way you can--by putting nice photos next to those news stories. After all, why put up with the ugly mug of a typical old boy, dragon lady or bloated plutocrat? With your vote, the morning paper can greet you with the shining visages of Harvard's own Sharon Stone and Brad Pitt...
...fact, Stephanian dropped by his old restaurant Friday afternoon to greet the new owners...
...Every Sunday and holiday, there were two very well dressed young people that would open up the church and greet people," Powers says...