Word: onslaughts
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...concern over being misperceived as color mafiosi that at conference end, a dozen CMG officers gathered in the press suite to downplay their own significance to the assembled media. That the assembled media consisted of a local reporter, a trade journalist and myself proved no deterrent to their earnest onslaught. CMG only forecasts, insisted our briefers; it doesn't dictate; the consumer is the ultimate arbiter...
...what about parents' weekends? Either crisp fall with brightly colored leaves or balmy spring days greet the onslaught of parents who are checking on their little darlings. Observing the gorgeous campus, they can only go away pleased, unaware of the sunless days that plague their kiddies when no one is around with dollars to donate...
...armed with a frothy $52 million celebrity ad campaign and a cartful of new milk beverages, the $14 billion industry is battling to reverse the tide of fluid milk's 30-year decline, defend itself from the onslaught of iced teas and designer waters and reformulate its homogenous image...
...that time of year again. The weather is brisk; the Yard is filled with crimson-clad alumni; and the streets are jammed with the onslaught of visitors. Energized by the fiery and historic competition and hoping for another exciting victory--go Harvard, go!--I start to hum some Harvard "fight" songs as I walk along Plympton Street towards the river. "Ten thousand men of Harvard," I begin, noting with chagrin the odd looks I get from random passers-by and fellow Harvard students. Subdued, but only slightly, I continue, "want victory today...
...have I become so fearful? Why do I sigh with relief as I enter the gates to my house? Where has "Woman, here me roar" gone? Perhaps it's the onslaught of muggings, attacks and rapes that have occurred in the last year. Xeroxed news articles are posted on the house bulletin boards with "WOMEN BE CAREFUL" written across the top of the pages. It is hard not to feel tentative as one marches homeward...