Word: quite
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have forgotten the smoker. His bad faith, if he has it, is nothing worse than self-deception. It is his alone. Pollsters will tell you that most smokers want to quit. Maybe so. But the fact remains that many of them continue to smoke, and for many reasons. Those of an earlier generation--those few (ahem) still alive--began because Bogart and Bacall did it, and Bette Davis too: because it was cool and widely accepted. But later generations, at least those come of age after the unavoidable 1964 Surgeon General's report, found a different reason: because...
...difference between us and the matures is that we want these things for ourselves, as opposed to wanting them to keep up with our neighbors. I'm in this for myself and not to satisfy anyone else. If everyone would be concerned about himself or herself and quit worrying about what the other person is doing, the world could become a better place. DANIEL L. MCCOLLUM Sewell...
...Strawberry Manor and leased it to the Sacramento city housing authority. (A 1972 state investigation cleared him of conflict-of-interest charges.) After Wilson left Sacramento to run for mayor of San Diego, Connerly spent two years as a deputy director of the state department of housing. He then quit government for good, becoming a consultant specializing in guiding businesses through the housing and development regulations he had helped create. Connerly & Associates grew to a professional staff of 15. He won't disclose company earnings except to say they are "substantial...
...years ago, the New York Times Magazine trumpeted the death of sports--games called on account of greed, stupidity and arrogance. "Sports are over," wrote Robert Lipsyte, "because they no longer have any moral resonance." What resonates from Jordan's performance in Game 5 was his utter refusal to quit, his willingness to let the team climb onto his weakened shoulders, his jumper over sickness and exhaustion. We sometimes chide Jordan for not being a better role model, for not speaking out on issues of race and exploitation. But that was a pretty good example he set the other night...
...says. But he takes issue with Romero's version of their breakup. "John's a good designer, and he's got artistic talent. But the fact is that after he got rich and famous, the push to work just wasn't there anymore." Romero didn't quit last fall, says Carmack. "He was handed his resignation...