Word: seem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While it is unclear what the future holds for these traditions, certain trends do seem to be emerging. On the Olympic front, more and more ridiculous, entertainment-oriented sports will make their appearance. Expect to see more along the lines of synchronized swimming--maybe synchronized dancing, Rockettes-style. On the election front, more and more ridiculous, entertainment-oriented candidates will make their appearance. Expect to see more along the lines of Gary Hart and Pat Robertson...
...Evening News and possibly the most powerful TV journalist in America. But his emotional, frequently combative style has also made him the most controversial. Rather's heated encounter with George Bush last week was just the latest in a barrage of storms, big and small, that seem to engulf him with the regularity of spring squalls on the plains of his native Texas...
...British overstatement, to be sure, but Rather does seem oddly prone to bizarre scrapes both onscreen and off. In November 1980, while still a correspondent for CBS's 60 Minutes, Rather hopped into a Chicago taxicab and headed for an interview with Studs Terkel. When the driver couldn't find Terkel's house, an argument ensued, and, according to Rather, the cabby held him hostage while speeding recklessly through the city streets. Rather filed a disorderly conduct charge but subsequently dropped...
...memory. Then the incredible thing happened: over the dead bodies of those Marines, the United States of America sent our best missiles to Iranians who sponsored the killing. I never got that out of my head. How could that happen?" For a journalist, such fervid personal involvement might seem overwrought, not to say unprofessional. "People say I'm not cool," Rather responds. "Well, I am not a Buddha. I am not a robot. On my best days, I am a thinking reporter...
...head forward and poured the beverage, a sip at a time, into his mouth. Meanwhile, Hawking was responding to a question from a student who knelt to read the answer as it slowly took shape on the dim liquid-crystal screen. The conversation shifted to creativity and how mathematicians seem to reach a creative peak in their early 20s. Hawking's computer beeped. "I'm over the hill," he said, to a chorus of laughter...