Word: steers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Malcolm X become a fully convinced integrationist, it is enough to show that he was open to people of other races and could live with ambiguity. It must have been difficult for Lee to sort through the many versions of Malcolm X and to find the courage to steer a clear course in the midst of criticisms from the left and right. We must remember that other societies and peoples have produced similar figures--social rebels who play a prophetic role and become oracles of their time. It is sometimes difficult to heed their messages...
...performer has plumbed the sensual side of soul with more skill than newcomer Ephraim Lewis. When he was a child in the factory town of Wolverhampton, Lewis' parents forbade him to listen to any secular music. His father tried to steer him into the ministry, but Lewis had other plans; he left home as soon as he turned 17. Settling in Sheffield, he bunked with friends and worked through the night in recording studios, listening to records and composing songs. Says Lewis, 24: "I discovered Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell and Curtis Mayfield. I just swallowed...
...policy, the President-elect pledged to steer a middle course between all- out deficit reduction and gangbusters stimulation of the economy. His goal is "to bring this deficit down . . . gradually and within a framework which permits us to substantially increase investment" (good luck). On legislative strategy, Clinton said he would emulate, of all people, Ronald Reagan and pack "a whole lot of changes into omnibus bills . . . the fewer votes ((in Congress)) you have, the better off you are." The President-elect summoned congressional leaders to a Sunday huddle in Little Rock, and was then to leave the Arkansas capital...
...with the choice of delaying college or attending cheaper and less prestigious schools, or missing out altogether, some families engage in a crash course in creative accounting and moral reasoning -- and by mastering the former, fail miserably in the latter. An industry of financial advisers is developing to help steer parents through the aid process, which often means cutting some ethical corners. Some companies charge parents fat fees to "guarantee" funding, often by showing families how to shift assets and hold down reportable income so that they qualify for more...
...speed trains like those in Japan and France, Amtrak would have to lay hundreds of miles of expensive track. Instead the railroad is testing this new fast train, the X2000, on loan from Swedish State Railways, which can use existing tracks. Wheels on opposite ends of each car that steer independently and a computerized hydraulic system that tilts the carriage let the train take curves at high speed...