Word: hounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rosa Fort Elementary School. "All right," she says firmly. "Yesterday we learned the letter l. Today we will learn the letter d." She hands out construction paper "bones." If the word on the "bone" begins with d, the child gets to "feed the dog" -- a large construction-paper hound with a hole for a mouth. The kids love...
...what a candidate, particularly a Democrat, least wanted to do in an election year: raise taxes. After two months of dodging Massachusetts' now $400 million deficit, Michael Dukakis took a step that will allow the G.O.P. to hound him unmercifully: he signed a 5% sales tax on cigarettes, worth $40 million next year, and supported a measure to raise $75 million by aligning the state tax code with federal...
These three men--particularly Sharpton, an overweight, publicity-hound with a James Brown/Don King hairdo--like to point out that the police will arrest Mrs. Brawley, but won't attempt to arrest anyone in connection with her daughter's abduction. To them, this is indicative of the collapse of the justice system for Blacks...
...boardroom, he has been involved in many of the major union fights of the past decade, including the successful battles of farmworkers against Campbell soup and flight attendants against American Airlines. While supporters describe his approach as a welcome addition to strike tactics, critics attack him as a glory hound who seduces local unions into pursuing his interests -- publicity and influence over the rank and file -- rather than theirs. Whatever the judgment, in an era of union retreat, Rogers provides a rallying point for labor...
...would have been proud to have written Yeats' "The Fiddler of Dooney," and Francis Thompson's The Hound of Heaven. I am profoundly moved by Psalm 139, especially those three verses...