Word: steering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gianelli said the real test for her was her "encounter" with an MIT coxswain. "My boat was obviously faster and when I tried to pass the coxswain wouldn't give way." She added, "I probably lost several seconds trying to steer around, and just when I thought I could pass him we reached the Anderson Bridge which has a sharp turn and a narrow arch. So I sort of sent him into the bridge...
...ironic in the context of Stockman's image as the grim reaper of the New Right. Here was the blooming personification of the ruthlessness of the supply-side economics, questioning their fairness to many of the people they affect; the embodiment of the Reagan administration's unbending determination to steer a steady course, speaking out on his own doubts. David Stockman was much more than the budget officer who engineered Reagan's budget slashes and tax cuts--he was the image that justified the steady course toward fiscal austerity. His lack of confidence in those ideas meant...
...with contradictions and weaknesses, they take on a life beyond the dimensions of the theatre whenever Davis discusses them. "Characters are separate entities that kind of write themselves. I think a good writer is someone who allows passage. You let things pass through you and don't try to steer it all into your own personal biases. You just pick the words they should be saying. Ultimately, though, it's not really an examinable process because I can't find the moment or the place where the ideas rise...
...Vienna, Irving studied more German, wrote Shyla and began a novel about third-rate cowboys who stage a ridiculous rodeo in New England. The young writer had little experience in that arena; he was once dragged around by a steer for more than five minutes before he was finally able to bring the animal down. But the novel got away from him and eventually he abandoned...
BROOKE SHIELDS HAS made several anti-smoking commercials in recent months, in an attempt to steer her peers away from the evil wood. Now, underwritten by conservative religious groups, she has released a documentary about what happens when kids couple. And the news is hot good; not good at all. You can do a lot of things in this world and no one will think too badly of you. You can fill oil tanks with seawater and sell stock, you can use every sort of calumny in pursuit of political power, you can even charge lots of money for tickets...