Word: ask
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Consider C- a failure). Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn't thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have 92 bluebooks to read this week, and all I ask, really, is that you keep me awake. Is that so much...
...previews on Saturday. "He monitors every word and orchestrates every aspect of the production," says Black. "He is good at casting, costumes, orchestration, design, marketing. Nothing slips through the net." When he does unwind, it is generally at his Steinway grand piano. "Want to hear some tunes?" he will ask, and a moment later will deliver several songs from Aspects in the tuneless dee-dee-dah-dum voice universally adopted by composers...
...while Woodruff's employment status has been resolved, the issues have not. The conclusions of the GAO investigation are expected by June; at stake is not just the future of the X-ray laser, but the reputations of Livermore's scientists. "When I go to Washington now, people jokingly ask me what's the next lie that going to come out of here," says John Harvey, Livermore's project manager for advanced strategic systems. "Your technical credibility is the only thing that you ever have to offer anyone. That's one of the things the laboratory has been strong...
...high is up? It might be better to ask how high movie ticket prices can rise, because the sky seems to be the limit. In December two theater chains raised prices from $6 to $7 at 48 screens in Manhattan. That follows a jump from $5 (or $5.50) to $6 in the spring of 1985 and means New Yorkers are paying perhaps 40% more than they were 2 1/2 years ago for their Saturday night at the movies...
...Jerry: RPI Coach Mike Adessa said that if the ECAC allowed trades, he would make a deal for Harvard defenseman Don Sweeney. If Adessa ever thinks of trading for Crimson defenseman Jerry Pawloski also, Harvard will probably ask for the entire RPI hockey team, along with the city of Troy, N.Y., plus a free trip to Hawaii in return...