Word: echoing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...mounting deficit (estimated at $169 billion for fiscal 1991), which forced Bush to flee never-never land on the tax issue. That, along with the soaring costs of the S&L scandal and other problems, is beginning to eat into Bush's standing in the polls and will echo over the next two years. Says Ed Rollins, a Republican strategist: "Whether we or the Democrats like it or not, politics has moved into the '92 presidential cycle...
Invited to sing the national anthem by the San Diego Padres, the TV comedian seemed bothered by an echo from the sound system. She plugged her ears with her fingers and started shrieking the words. When fans began booing, she grabbed her crotch and spit on the ground...
...here they come: freshly minted grownups. And anyone who expected they would echo the boomers who came before, bringing more of the same attitude, should brace for a surprise. This crowd is profoundly different from -- even contrary to -- the group that came of age in the 1960s and that celebrates itself each week on The Wonder Years and thirtysomething. By and large, the 18-to-29 group scornfully rejects the habits and values of the baby boomers, viewing that group as self-centered, fickle and impractical...
...park. En route, readers hail the shaggy, benign figure, and he is often asked for advice. He rarely breaks step as he shouts his inarguable credo: "Life is so . . . unique! Trees, people, dogs, cats, comedy, love . . . don't miss it!" The springy, affirmative footsteps clatter like laughter as they echo down the path. The Rev. Feelgood is off in pursuit of another elusive truth...
...pressure on the administration, such as the April class boycott, has often proven effective at other universities. But Harvard has shown in the last five years precious little response to undergraduate complaints of lack of faculty diversity. It is no secret that student voices within these ivied walls frequently echo unheard. As a member of the faculty, Bell's refusal to teach validates student claims of unfair hiring practices...