Word: weren
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Klepper, who currently works at Bain & Co., a management consulting firm in Boston, said that though Spruance and others "had the right attitude, they weren't supporting that attitude 100 percent...
...politicians I saw on TV weren't women. They were large blustery men with red faces or they were tall charismatic men with white teeth and big smiles--but they were never women. After I realized this I began to doubt whether I wanted to be a politician and, more importantly, whether I could accomplish what I set out to do. I was scared that my gender could effect my success...
...been reached right here on the home soil of the U.S. in those quadrennial massmedia feeding frenzies. Whether it be through endless, meaningless commentary on unimportant happenings in the early stages of the Democratic primary, or in gloss, hype, and up-close-and-personal interviews with sports celebrities who weren't famous yesterday and won't be tomorrow, every four years the national media must strive after a task worthy of the Creator himself: the creation of something out of nothingness...
...cups his hand quizzically. The ceremony almost never yields any news, only the ritual impression that l) Donaldson is a loud, obnoxious reporter; and 2) the President is a nice guy with a crinkling smile who would be happy to oblige even the cretins of the press, if it weren't for that darned helicopter. The tableau is as inevitable as Hamlet contemplating Yorick's skull in the final...
...weren't sure that the educational value of the trip justified the risks," said Med School Dean of Students Daniel D. Fetterman. "We didn't want to risk a kidnapping or something...