Word: mayes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Strange though it may sound, Bush--as President--is really the archetypal American observer of disaster. We aren't totally heartless, yet our sense of adventure lets us forget that what we're cheering on is real. Hence our underlying complacency--as if the whole disaster thing were a replacement for the World Series, and our team had the chance to pull together and score the most runs ever in a single game...
...real World Series is set to resume on Friday. On the other hand, seismologists say the real San Francisco earth-quake is still set for the coming decades. As for the stock market crash--well, the economists don't know. If the real crash ever does come, George Bush may well manage to stay aloof. Most of the rest of us, though, won't be able to afford to cheer...
...MBTA may also add two routes between Harvard Square and Brook-line. The authority will make a final decision on the routes in a few weeks, Diamond said...
...may be that we're fighting for the crumbs, but when you're very, very hungry, the crumbs mean a lot to you," he said. "Blacks look at the Hispanic community and say, `Here comes another white group, maybe not as white. They're going up to move up the socioeconomic ladder and we'll be left behind...
...think the administration ultimately has got to support this kind of package," said Rep. Leon Panetta (D-Calif.), the chair of the House Budget Committee, whose district includes the epicenter of the earthquake. "They may not like all of the money in this first installment....I think this package will be a first step...