Word: treaded
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Sports today is already suffering from an identity crisis and image problem. Because professional sports rely on gate receipts and television contracts, they often tread a thin line between athletics for athletics' sake and banal entertainment...
Dukakis has many practical considerations to face as he prepares to accept the Democratic nomination, but he and his aides must tread a delicate line as they balance strategic concerns with historic ones. Icons like Kennedy don't need to be resurrected from the glory days of the Democratic past while modern-day political giants like Jackson stand ready in Atlanta to do battle for the ticket...
Entering where even the KGB presumably fears to tread, agents reportedly managed to plant an eavesdropping bug in one high-level Pentagon office. They tapped and tape-recorded the telephones of two senior military-procurement officials: James Gaines, director for acquisition and congressional support for the Navy; and Victor Cohen, deputy for tactical warfare systems for the Air Force. They also tapped the home and office phones of an undisclosed number of people outside the Pentagon. NBC News reported that the investigators collected some 4,800 conversations over 290 days and that 671 of the talks contained incriminating statements...
...reporters abroad or the more modest one who stays in the background on her husband's tours of Soviet factories and collective farms? At a time when Gorbachev's reform efforts are still facing opposition from hard-liners, obstructionist bureaucrats and skeptical workers, the General Secretary is likely to tread softly. But he has not given up on pushing his wife forward, perhaps to demonstrate in the most personal terms that he is intent on improving the lot of women. Since 1987, for example, she has been a director of the Culture Fund, a potentially influential body in charge...
...mockers of Pentecostal gifts must tread warily when making fun of miracles. Not only does President Reagan believe in them; most of his fellow citizens share that belief in some measure or other. According to the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Council, 29% of Americans have had visions of some sort, 42% have been in contact with the dead and 67% have experienced extrasensory perception. Obviously, there are a lot of people out there who believe the spirit of God is touching them. Many of them kneel before a television set and, after experiencing spiritual relief, mail...