Word: seem
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...collaboration with Composer William Schuman that was performed in New York City in 1986 to mark the Statue of Liberty's 100th birthday. That a serious poet would contribute his skill to a national celebration, throwing well-chosen words into the melee of fireworks, bumper stickers and beer, may seem surprising. Yet Wilbur's poetry has never drawn a sharp distinction between public and private occasions. The job of the poet, his work implies, is to be a messenger between outer and inner worlds, to specify and make memorable what everyone already knows or to give narrow personal experience...
...trickier problem for Bush is how to use the 800-lb. political gorilla named Ronald Reagan. Some advisers doubt that Reagan will be very helpful in the fall election. They fret that Bush may seem diminished when placed next to Reagan, either literally or figuratively. Reagan was expected to endorse Bush this week at a Washington victory party, their first 1988 joint political appearance. Even so, Bush and the White House have worked out a plan for Reagan to put in only a brief appearance at the G.O.P. convention, thus keeping the spotlight on the nominee...
Crack's corruption of children is becoming, in the Bible's phrase, a millstone around the neck of American society. Never before has public awareness of the crack crisis been so widespread. But most of the sweeping solutions being offered seem specious, if not unworkable...
What all these chefs share with the thousands of young people who have migrated to Seattle is an appreciation of the city's livable pace and casual life-style and its nearness to sea and mountains. In exchange, they seem willing to endure weather reports that read, "Rain, followed by showers" (a prediction for six days in a row in March). But perhaps it is the cloudy skies that in the end attract visitors to the great indoors of Seattle's innovative restaurants. After all, if you can't walk around the waterfront or ferry to the outlying islands...
Most PBH volunteers say they are suprised by the politeness of the inmates. "These guys are so nice. You'd never think in a million years--I mean, they seem like guys from my neighborhood," says Michael B. Darby '89, who started tutoring this semester...