Word: asking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...something we ask for," Ashrawiexplained, "but it is something that willhappen--not in this generation but in the next orin two generations...
Delving into the heart of the matter, I ask for thoughts about the comfort level of women on the Harvard campus, and whether there is a fear of marginalization. But before any of the women have a chance to speak, a pre-frosh named Nick pipes up. He takes me through a theoretical demonstration of why he's certain that women bright and talented enough to get admitted to Harvard are going to be strong enough to hold their own here...
When he finally finishes, a young woman named Ali mentions that it did strike her as odd that at the clubs she visited, every presentation had been led by a man. I ask whether this is a source for concern for her. But she says that, at least for now, she's willing to shrug off the disparity as the product of random chance...
...care institute calls to ask how often I floss, I might say a couple of times a week, because I know I should and wish I did. No doubt this was the mentality of the more than 3,000 working adults who, when asked by the Families and Work Institute whether they were spending more time with their families, said, "You betcha!" Men claimed they were devoting more than two hours every day to Kinder and Kuche, half an hour more than 20 years ago. This, naturally, spawned outsize headlines, led by the New York Times's MEN ASSUMING BIGGER...
...banks tend to view technology as a profit center. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo offers a checking account that, after an allotted three free calls, charges customers 50[cents] to use its automated-voice-response telephone lines or $1.50 to speak to an agent to shift funds or ask questions. In a study of 470 banks released this month, USPIRG reported a rapid increase in the number of banks that impose a surcharge on noncustomers using their ATMs. Furthermore, bigger banks surcharge more often, and these fees average $1.35 more than small-bank surcharges...