Word: furthering
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Bush says he is willing to send technical advisers to show the Soviets how to expand institutions that are just taking shape there, like commercial banks, a stock market, accounting firms, private construction and agricultural businesses. He could go further and outflank the stultifying bureaucracy by offering to provide funds...
Unlike previous generations of upper-crust Americans who savored a postgraduate European tour as the ultimate finishing school, today's adventurers are picking places far more exotic. They are seeking an escape from Western culture, rather than further refinement to smooth their entry into society. Katmandu, Dar es Salaam, Bangkok...
Question her about why the military remains her gravest threat, and she reacts defensively at first: "Why am I being judged so severely? When I assumed office, I did not have a single general with me." On further reflection, she tells with self-deprecating humor how the armed forces Chief...
"He's abusive towards women and children," Boudreau said of the film's star, Andrew Dice Clay. A bit further out of his sons' hearing range, however, he had a confession to make.
My heartbeat quickened as I focused more directly on that beckoning blue poster and read on: "Healthy males (ages 18-30) needed for a study of the effects of light on hormonal patterns." I'm a healthy male, I thought excitedly to myself. And, as far as I can tell...