Word: sows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that good news is tempered by the growing willingness of politicians from both major parties to sow racial anxiety in the hope of electoral gain. When a progressive Democrat like Blumenthal, eyeing the governorship, links arms with a conservative Republican against a desegregation decision, it's cause for a pause. To his credit, however, Blumenthal seems to have reconsidered his initial reaction, which sparked strong criticism from Connecticut blacks (reportedly including some members of his own staff). In an interview a few days after the ruling, the attorney general stressed that he has no plans to challenge the opinion...
Though only a trickle so far, the figures suggest a wave of hefty pay raises, well ahead of last year, and mostly based on the new reap-as-ye-shall-sow yardstick. "Shareholder activism has had a huge impact on executive pay," says Michael Davis of Towers Perrin, a New York City management-consulting firm...
...treaty signed in Paris last week hardly deserves a standing ovation. Bosnia's awkward division fails to compensate the war's victims and could sow the seeds of the new state's future dismemberment. But while the plan may not be perfect, it is bold, imaginative and offers perhaps the best peace one could hope for in Bosnia's far from perfect world. That seems somehow fitting, if only in the sense that the deal's virtues and its flaws suggest the character of the man who did so much to craft...
...address, Pusey accused both radicals and the moderates who supported them of "distortion and misrepresentation designed to magnify indignation and sow distrust...
...said her amendment would add $150 million a year to the $1.94 billion for child care, but Democrats called it a drop in the bucket. Quoting former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), paraphrasing former Texas governor Ann Richards said: "You can put lipstick on a sow and call it Monique but it's still...