Word: rising
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would always agree to that, but was never really sure of the nature of my assent, or, for that matter, of the nature of my ascent. For whenever I would mention the word "Harvard" in association with my name, the air of reverence I was being treated with would rise accordingly, and some-what disturbingly...
Roger & Me, for those of you who were not treated to it in your AP Economics class, is a thorough documentary about the rise and fall of Flint, Michigan according to the whims of General Motors. Moore focused on the human effects of unemployment, showing broken families and auto-workers turned rabbit skinners. The entire film builds to a single question: "What right does GM have to close its factories in Flint, ruining thousands of lives, all for the sake of corporate profits...
...this ambivalence only seems to fuel out preoccupation with what being Australian means. Harvard students might sympathize with this obsession, for this obsession, for this institution continues to give rise to a huge literature analyzing the Harvard experience; The Crimson contributes to it daily...
...last few nights wading through reams of codes, you?re probably not feeling well disposed toward our friends in the Internal Revenue Service. But would you go so far as wanting to blow them up? Conspiracies to attack IRS offices -- as well as other federal buildings -- are on the rise, according to a report released Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a group that has tracked hate crimes since...
...Irish rise up against the British in the Easter Rebellion...