Word: latent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then I came to my senses and realized that exercise was involved. Exercise that took place very early in the morning. No more thought about crew was required until someone suggested I become a coxswain. Perhaps it was a latent desire to by Ally Sheedy in Oxford Blues that made the concept of being coxswain attractive. Or the fact that I wouldn't perspire. Or that coxswain can be considered an administrative position. More likely it was the knowledge that no physical exercise would be involved...
...Darman. Instead, he sees the resentment as being directed at stagnant industries and declining education systems. Businesses that profited from tax breaks without making intelligent investments, combined with the scandals and takeovers on Wall Street, have bolstered the perception of greed run wild. One result, Darman says, "is that latent idealism is having a comeback...
...want a beer?" Not wanting to arouse the latent ferocity that rippled through even his most cursory gestures, I took a swallow from the saliva-spattered can he offered...
...conservative government of Premier Jacques Chirac has recently had to face strikes by public sector employees that interrupted train and electric service. Though the strikers eventually accepted Chirac's offer of 2% to 3% pay hikes and went back to work, the confrontation was a sharp reminder of latent tensions on the labor front...
...students and alumni had a chance to help define the objective that govern the community and consider needed reforms together with the faculty and administrators, the problem of latent and diluted change would dissipate. In addition, students might find less of an urge to create a private community, as through final clubs. If the generally accepted principle of equality became a community dictum, elitist organizations that categorically exclude the majority of the student community might play a less central role in the social life of undergraduates. Student groups might at least recognize that they reflect and extend from a larger...