Word: pose
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...might finally break down and make my own [signature] with it since it's so popular," Simons said. "If we all do it, it would pose a substantial [censorship] enforcement problem...
This strong old woman is an ironist. But irony is a pose, even for the strong, and in the end her solitude is achingly distilled: "Against ample evidence ... you put trust in the constancy of things ... One day you open your door, you step out in your yard, but the ground is not there and you fall into a hole that has no bottom and no sides and no color. The mystery of the hole in the ground gives way to the mystery of your fall; just when you get used to falling and falling forever, you stop; and that...
Limitations in the University's recordkeeping system pose a formidable obstacle to the accurate measurement of the central administration's growth, Rudenstine says...
...half their business in December. Sales for the year rose 4.9 percent, the smallest advance since the last recession ended in 1991. At the same time, the Conference Board announced that consumer confidence is now at its lowest point in the past two years. The news could pose a new threat to President Clinton's re-election chances even as his stock rises on the strength of his well-received State of the Union address. "The theory is that there aren't any bad economies in an election year because governments will find short-term solutions...
...bold, tough-guy pose, and it could even help the President position himself for a run at re-election in June. But if he actually launches a major new antiguerrilla offensive, it is very likely to backfire. No matter how the Kremlin portrays it, last week's action was a bloody, humiliating mess. A ragtag group of Chechen gunmen had slipped into Dagestan, seized 3,400 hostages in the town of Kizlyar, and later held off a full-scale assault by thousands of Russian soldiers, including elite special-service units. The Russians prevailed only after a furious bombardment leveled...