Word: proving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fast food, so they want to stop you from doing so. The city also subscribes to this condescending logic, as a fast-food establishment hoping to set up shop in the Square must get a special permit for a restaurant. To get this permit, the establishment must prove that there is a "need" for the restaurant in the community...
...character of the U.S. and of a U.S. President. At Vienna and later, Khrushchev had sized up Kennedy as a weakling, given to strong talk and timorous action. The U.S. itself, he told Poet Robert Frost, was "too liberal to fight." Now, in the Caribbean, he intended to prove his point. And Berlin would surely come next...
While ambition can definitely be a good thing, devoting vast amounts of energy to jumping the next hurdle may prove a troublesome life habit. The trouble stems from the fact that these hurdles just don't end, and there is always more to strive for. If we don't know how to balance the drive to reach the next level with the vital habit of leading a considered life, we may go through life without practicing reflection...
Some might think when applying to Harvard that the application process deserves all their energy, and once admitted they can think about the other things in life. Pretty soon the first semester comes around, and it's time to prove oneself by making the extra effort to get ahead. Next comes sophomore year, and now things start to count more. In the recruiting race, a job with the most prestigious firm promises the most valuable experience and most sought-after MBA. Once in a firm, career advancement is the prized apple and extra effort once again...
...Ritter is being sent back because Annan has to prove that he?s going to take a hard line with Iraq over weapons inspections,? says TIME?s U.N. correspondent William Dowell. Baghdad expelled Ritter not simply because he was American, but because he headed up UNSCOM?s attempts to expose Iraq?s concealment and deception, explains Dowell. ?If the Iraqis let him back in to continue his work, it?s a show of good faith on their part.? Of course, if Saddam decides once again to block Ritter?s efforts, the crisis will rewind to the (by now rather confusing...