Word: alongism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...grew up in Southeast Michigan in the past four decades, as I did, you were raised among reminders that things used to be better, once, before you came along. The empty factories. The abandoned blocks in Detroit. The grade-school U.S. maps with the retro pictures, on Michigan's mitten, of Model T's and '57 Chevys. The headlines from the 1970s read like the headlines of 2008: The mayor of Detroit was in trouble. The Lions were losing. And the auto industry was disappearing...
...rush hour, Mumbaikers pour in and out of the train station in tidal waves. Bodies press against each other so closely that you could almost be borne along by the force of the crowd. There are metal detectors in the doorways, clumsy things made out of boards. No one seems to be watching them. Inside, bored police officers wait behind folding tables...
Feedback collected from the survey passed out at the meetings, along with responses from those who completed it online, will be used to compile a “leadership profile” that will become the basis for recruiting candidates. Members of the School Committee filled out the same survey...
Sophomore No. 1 June Tiong continued her strong play at the top flight, striking a wide array of winners along the wall for an efficient 9-4, 9-3, 9-2 victory...
...financial meltdown has spurred the Office of Career Services to propose changes to the timeline of the interview process. Along with Yale, Harvard holds its recruiting season several weeks after most other law schools in the country. This year, several events including Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy and the government bailout of AIG shook up financial markets in between the two recruiting seasons, causing firms that ordinarily reserve spots for Harvard students to reduce the number of hires...