Word: rising
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...perennial frustration of blacks in their attempts to rise above the playing field was crystallized by a 1987 ABC Nightline program on which then Dodger executive Campanis uttered a stream of chilling biases. "I don't believe it's prejudice," he said of a system that has entrusted just a handful of teams to a total of three black managers -- Frank Robinson, Larry Doby and Maury Wills -- retaining only Robinson in Baltimore at the moment. "They may not have some of the necessities to be, let's say, a field manager or perhaps a general manager." That's when...
China first hinted at a change of heart by pointedly referring to Gorbachev as "comrade" following his rise to power in 1985. But most of the diplomatic action -- and concessions -- in the march toward reconciliation has come from Moscow. As diplomats in Britain sum up the warming trend: "Russia woos and China coos...
...rest of this season, though, BAM already has two very unusual projects in the works. The first, at the Majestic in March, is the Mahagonny Songspiel (1927) by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, a small-scale early draft of their corrosive parable, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. The eccentric director Peter Sellars has eccentrically decided to combine this with the same singers performing eight Bach choral works. But the piece de resistance, which just finished two weeks of performances in Paris and is due in Brooklyn in May, is a 313-year-old opera that almost...
...form of financial assistance should not coerce but rather enable one to perform public service. One must not forget that this movement and this rise in volunteerism emanate from a free will to contribute to society, and each contribution, large or small, depends on the heart of the individual...
HARVARD Square is currently a tenuous balancing act--part commercial boom-town, part residential neighborhoods. One end is increasingly dominated by high-rise developments and ritzy boutiques; the other has remained free from pricey stores and restaurants...