Word: see
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...jazz records and just about every other material thing he owned. "The public sympathized with me, reached out to me," he says, "and even tried to replenish my record collection. I realized how self- absorbed I'd been and started to look at the fans differently. They started to see me too." Because other centers were elected, this week's All-Star game almost went on without him. But when Johnson was injured, Commissioner David Stern ruled that a center could replace a guard, and Kareem was called. This time, the rules were changed to include...
...plans to visit Washington soon after taking office. The U.S., for its part, is ready to reconsider relations with its old antagonist. "Essentially what he stresses is that he wants to work constructively with us," says a State Department official. "We'll remain a bit skeptical until we see what policies he works up. But right now we're willing to give him the benefit of the doubt...
Some conservationists would like to see a total ban on the ivory trade. But that would be no easier to enforce than the laws against selling cocaine and heroin. Dealers bold enough to defy the embargo could anticipate higher | profits than ever. Moreover, poor African countries need the revenue from at least a limited amount of legal trading...
...function in a uniquely American design vernacular. "The family farm is a reflection of one of our last great freedoms in America," says Chester Liebs, director of the University of Vermont's historic preservation program. "The barn is the rural equivalent of the Statue of Liberty. Each time we see a barn, it is a powerful reminder that our agricultural lands are still in the hands of the many." Kerry Dawson, professor of landscape architecture at the University of California at Davis, describes barns as "superb building technology," but adds, "As you look upward, the timbers and rafters are almost...
...Education. Adds Bella Rosenberg, an official at the American Federation of Teachers: "By showing commercials, schools are implicitly endorsing the product." Others charge that principals are selling their students' souls for a pile of high- tech hardware. Says Peggy Charren, who heads Action for Children's Television: "They see stars in their eyes in the shape of television sets...