Word: stand
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lent itself to one of the themes that Arnowitt himself emphasized in the program notes--the intensely personal nature of the works themselves and the private reaction that they arouse within the individual listener. However, the concert was better publicized than the organizers expected, forcing the overflow crowd to stand or sit awkwardly in the antechamber. While this might have been encouraging for the performer, greater consideration should have been given to the audience...
Ozment says this ability to "harmonize a group"is the most important quality for a dean at aschool as tradition-bound as Harvard. "The lastthing you want to do is stand out as anindividual. Mike Spence has that special gift,that skill," says Ozment, who worked closely withSpence as a former associate dean forundergraduate education...
...People [here] are very angry at how stupid the Chinese government people are," Luo said. "I can't tell if people are more courageous or more afraid after the articles but it forced them to take a stand and more people are willing to get involved...
...film opens as a group of American combat soldiers stand before a C-130 transport plane ready to carry them to the Vietnamese front. A voice from above the plane perhaps that of their sergeant tells them that they are the best soldiers that America has to offer and that they are about to go out and teach a bunch of "communist gooks" to respect America...
...This is a great opportunity to see where we stand as far as our execution goes," Harvard Coach Ed Krass said, "as well as to see where we stand right now with the other teams we have to compete with, including Trinity and the top five teams in the East...