Word: depends
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unsolved national problems. The success of middle-class blacks is mainly the product of their own hard work and tenacity. But it would not have occurred without the national consensus, embodied in civil rights legislation, to dismantle segregation and create equal opportunities for all. Further strides toward that goal depend on a renewed commitment to the elimination of prejudice -- and an economy buoyant enough to ensure opportunities for all Americans...
...decision will depend on what kind of situation I'm offered," said senior Allen Bourbeau, whose rights are held by the Philadelphia Flyers. "The money and the extra stuff, like the location and the people and the organization, are factors [in Europe]. In the NHL, it's money and the two-way contract and how they think of me, how I fit in their organization...
...answers, as might be expected with such a patchwork show, depend on what is onstage at the moment. The pratfall pandemonium of the opening scene of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum makes one long for a full-scale Broadway revival. The dance suite of teen gang wars adapted from West Side Story actually benefits by being divorced from the original's cute, coy lyrics, which in life would not tumble trippingly from the tongues of underprivileged youth. The wide-eyed wonder of city life may never have been more vibrantly shown than among the World...
Regardless of race, nationality, gender, or color, there exists within each of us the natural tendency to care, to offer assistance, to depend on others, to respect the dignity of others, to be kind, and to give of ourselves. And yet, as a society, we collectively emphasize the suppression of these impulses which have always been within us. Until, sadly enough, we either become numb to our own humanity and to the reality around us; or we refuse to acknowledge the need to continually reexamine ourselves in order to improve from within. Each of us has the choice to stop...
...call for no new taxes disappointed many House liberals and provoked open concern among advocates for human services, environmental protection, affordable housing and other programs that depend on state spending...