Word: main
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dukakis, himself a second-generation Greek-American, blasted Wilson for making immigration his main campaign issue...
...only responsible for added traffic problems and longer commute times, but the construction has even cut away at the Boston economy through unforeseen side-effects, such as a drop in the leasing of downtown office space. And just last week, a Big Dig construction crew accidentally broke a water main, interrupting water flow to many downtown businesses and government buildings...
...Winslow Homer the greatest American painter of the 19th century? Around 1900, many Americans would have said yes. The reputation of Thomas Eakins stood nowhere near its present zenith, and there was something flashy and slightly suspicious about John Singer Sargent, the other main candidate. And Homer was not only big with the public; he exerted a huge influence on younger painters. Robert Henri and the other realists of the Ashcan School embraced him as a role model--the virile eye, always staring at reality over the pencil. "The big strong thing," said Henri, thinking of Homer's seascapes...
...rosebud mouth), Hellman felt she "didn't get anything of what I wanted." She began lying as soon as she could tell a story. One of the first concerned a black woman named Sophronia, who worked for the family briefly during Hellman's babyhood, but was transformed into the main nurturing figure of her life. Later, says Mellen, "an enlarged photograph of Sophronia holding a tiny, impish Lillian was to adorn the drawing rooms of Hellman's mature life...
...main duties of the president of the Overseers are to help the president of Harvard set the agenda for Overseers meetings, manage the board's executive committees and make sure the committee process works well, Landers said...