Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hundred people gathered to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the crime. Relatives of the slain workers then journeyed to Washington for another commemoration and a White House meeting with President Bush, who described the young men as heroes. But when the families implored Bush to promise that he would support attempts to reverse a recent Supreme Court ruling widely considered to be a setback for civil rights, the President declined...
...when one is very confident to be verbose," he explains. "It's a matter of discipline." Verbosity is also a dodge for anxious politicians who lack thoughtful things to say. Nonetheless, the Vice President's newly restored confidence seems genuine. It is based, he says, on Bush's strong support of him and on his age: "I'm going to have time to cast the true identification of Dan Quayle out to the general public." In five months as Vice President, Quayle has demonstrated to fellow insiders that he is an effective Administration operator. But it will take more than...
Some investors nonetheless expressed outspoken support for the deal. Said Gordon Crawford, a money manager at the Los Angeles-based Capital Group, the largest institutional owner of Time shares: "If you put Time and Warner together, you have what I think will be the greatest media and entertainment company in the world. I would rather be a long-term owner than cashed out of one of the world's most exciting companies at $175 a share." Concurred Kendrick Noble, who follows media companies for the Paine Webber investment firm: "After all the smoke blows away and we can look...
...Bentsen is wild animals, the stranger the better. About 15 years ago, he joined the growing number of Texas ranchers who are devoting some of their pastures to exotic wildlife. Now Indian axis deer, African eland, wildebeests, Grevy's zebras and sable antelope roam Bentsen's range. To help support his wildlife habit, Bentsen sells surplus animals. His ostrich chicks fetch $7,500 a pair. Several times a year he lets hunters take trophies from the surplus animals on the ranch. Bentsen is a lifelong hunter and also a dedicated conservationist...
...matter the wood's emotional state, Nakashima's furniture is distinguished by a tension between naturally shaped slabs of wood and meticulously worked support elements. While the base of a dining table may be crisply machined, Nakashima lets the natural "free edge" of the top planks determine the contour of the piece, instead of sawing a geometrical line...