Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...HOPE 6 is scrapped--be it by Republicans or Democrats--we, as Americans, are fully capable of replacing every penny eliminated by Washington with a dollar of manpower through personal action in inner-city neighborhoods, through volunteer education and empowerment. You may stand on either side of the political spectrum. But regardless, your right--and privilege--to do your part to make America the kind of place you'd like it to be is not cut off with the funding...
...STAND THE HEAT...
...October, came the myth-making break every young conductor dreams about: he was called in at mid-concert to replace the ailing Steinberg during a guest performance at Lincoln Center. Just as had happened 26 years earlier when his mentor Leonard Bernstein stepped in for Bruno Walter, the young stand-in performed brilliantly, the critics raved, and a new star moved to the front ranks of American conductors. His recordings were praised, and the Buffalo Philharmonic named him its musical director in 1971. But a 1978 marijuana bust at Kennedy airport tarnished his reputation, and by the time Tilson Thomas...
...aftermath of the Cuban shoot-down of civilian aircraft [WORLD, March 11]. That American citizens were murdered in international airspace is a fact. Castro claims the U.S. would never tolerate intrusions into its airspace, but here you don't have to fly over Washington to distribute leaflets. You can stand on a corner and freely hand them out. STEPHEN L. WALTON Hollywood, Florida
...podium, though, Dole seems to resent having to stand up in front of everyone and pontificate, as if he, a man of some substance, had been reduced by forces beyond his control to acting like some sort of debate-team show-off. He says he's a doer rather than a talker...