Word: tempts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have to deter a potential aggressor," she said. "Weakness would tempt him. Strength stops...
...news, the helicopter rivals the minicam as the novelty of the moment. Choppers can cost $300,000 or more, but they give some 250 TV station news crews speed and mobility, and serve as remote transmitters for pictures ranging from traffic to catastrophes. But the ratings race can tempt copter reporters to chase sensation, making aerial derring-do part of the story, and to take needless risks...
...shows have opened this month at Harvard to tempt the Cambridge area art connoisseur. "Pioneers of Modern Sculpture" appears at the Fogg Museum, and "Designs For Living: Symbolic Communication in African Art." is on view at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts...
Clearly, a short break will not tempt the Harvard superstar to abandon the craft she has perfected since childhood. She recounted her introduction to the game: "My brother played lacrosse in high school One day he put a stick in my hand and started winging balls at me I had nothing to do but catch them if I wanted to stay alive...
...states have already passed resolutions calling for a constitutional convention to draft a balanced-budget amendment. Indeed, one reason for the push to get an amendment through Congress is to head off a convention, which many politicians fear could not be limited to that one subject, but would at tempt to change the Constitution in many other, perhaps radical, ways...