Word: tended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...brave leadership called U.S. Government. Average Joe understands that grand policies emerge from purely political settlements between rapacious special interests; that the experts who package these policies often don't have much faith in what the boss is preaching; and that the warrantees on schemes to save our society tend to run out shortly after election day. But what he may not realize is that an entire species of not-so-evil people spend their lives working within the Washington system--lobbying, writing legislation, consulting, drafting regulations, and generally attending a lot of boozy receptions. At once victims of their...
...What happens if a vacuum is created (be it in air or on a market place)? Might it not tend to fill up with new products where others were pulled off the market? This is happening today in some developing countries, e.g., Sudan, where Japanese companies are having a field day in markets vacated by Nestle and the American formula companies. Incidentally, according to local information from throughout the developing world Nestle as well as the large U.S. formula companies have ceased all promotion, their infant products in many countires are no longer available in grocery stores, Nestle...
This unlikely quintet may not exactly fulfill the ART audience's collective expectations. They sing the original Italian libretto, for instance, and tend to roll about the floor in odd formation--but their capacity to charm and delight is endless. All five are top-flight performers: well-suited vocally for Handel's soft, delicate arias, and passionate and convincing as actors. Sanford Sylvan reveres every syllable he sings as Orlando, and his gentle descent into madness (represented as the planet Mars in this production) is mesmerizing. Janet Brown's rendition of the queen/deb Angelica's melancholy reflection on false hopes...
...People tend to return to what they know. They like stability. Do you find yourself returning to the same all in a public bathroom you happen to frequent? How about a certain desk you like to work at on this floor? Even the most liberal of people are victims of this element of conservatism in human nature. --Profound Scholar...
...cascading with "parrot tulips and gold beakers, fur, fruit, fish, feather and dew-drops-was a symbol of appropriation. It declared the owner's 5 power to seize and keep the real stuff of the world. Even the still lifes of that great master of meditative vision, Chardin, tend to retain this emblematic quality; it was written into his social background. In Morandi, things are otherwise...