Word: pose
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...common as a fan letter to many of these people." But, he adds, "it becomes different if someone says, 'I've sold my house, and I'm coming to get you.' " De Becker and his staff of 31 are currently keeping tabs on 5,400 people who may pose a safety hazard to his clients; about half are considered serious threats...
House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) added, "The people who pose as the most vigilant supporters of flag protection...seem more interested in adding political graffiti to the Constitution than in protecting the physical integrity of the American flag...
...good are the Kirov dancers? There is little question that Americans are technically superior -- faster, stronger, more rigorously trained. Some credit must go to Russian immigrants. Balanchine revolutionized ballet by demanding that a performer move swiftly through positions rather than prepare for them and then hold the pose. Baryshnikov, as artistic director of the American Ballet Theater, adapted Balanchine's methods to the old story ballets...
...delivers energy with great reliability and little expense. So essential has electricity become that more than 2 million miles of power lines, literally huge extension cords, criss-cross the U.S. But nowadays many Americans are increasingly fearful that the electric and magnetic fields generated by such overhead cables pose a serious threat to human health, causing everything from learning disorders to cancer...
...Japan has shown the capacity to deal forcefully with problems when the national will is clear and strong. When the people became alarmed in the 1970s about the dangers that air pollution and toxic wastes pose to human health, Japan developed antipollution policies and technologies that in many cases surpass U.S. standards. The country's extensive program of garbage recycling is a model for all industrial nations. If Japan decides to guard the environment around the world with this kind of care, then the island nation might turn its critics into admirers...