Word: posing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Spitzer and other Outing Club members, however, these conditions pose an enjoyable challenge. "I like beautiful places, being athletic and feeling successful." Spitzer notes. "When you come out of a hard trip it's nice to feel good about yourself...
Just how close the spikers come to accomplishing Palm's goals will depend on the rate and extent of improvement in back-row play. For this year at least, as go the service passing and defense, so goes the Crimson. If the back row play improves enough. Harvard should pose a threat to almost any Eastern team. "If this team gets the ball up to the setters in good position at the set, we have the power to score against most teams," Palm predicts...
...case of Pakistan, the Zia regime is clearly less than democratic. Nevertheless, Zia is sandwiched between nations that pose significant military threats: hostile India, unstable Iran, and the Soviet Union. And should Pakistan collapse through military weakness, given the record of extremism in that region, it is hard to imagine a government that would be either more pro-western or more democratic than Zia's government...
...hooker, albeit a fledgling one, and she's not quite sure how to behave. The maitre d' is wearing black tie, and Doc orders crab, a difficult food under any circumstances. Fighting panic. Suzy falls back on an age-old rule: when in doubt, move slowly. Striking a pose of quiet mystery, she eyes her partner and carefully mimics his crab-eating etiquette, staying at least two bites behind him. When dinner is over, she hasn't engaged him in brilliant conversation, but at least her poise is intact...
...first danger that deficits pose to the economy is that they drive up the cost of borrowing money, making it impossible for some firms even to obtain funds. Since it has the best credit rating of any borrower in the market, the Federal Government, in effect, has first call on the money available. Only then can corporations or individuals look for cash. The more the Government takes, the less will be available for the private sector. Financiers along Wall Street are now saying that federal credit demands are crowding out private ones...