Word: assess
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard does decide to go cable, Gatesforsees an initial "case by case" process ofwiring student rooms to assess student interestbefore wiring every room in the houses...
...unabashedly down the throat of Armageddon. But whereas Dr. Strangelove's power stems from the way Kubrick's finger flirts with the Little Red Button, Tarkovsky presses the button down, then holds it, firmly, for two-and-a-half hours. The result is a film as difficult to assess as the Bomb itself, generating shockwaves of a political, moral, historical, and spiritual nature. The Sacrifice almost demands too much of the viewer, pushing him from breakdown to epiphany, via the Inferno, and releasing him on a world still crouching beneath a specter...
Field shared his experience as a member of the Paine Commission, which was established by Congress to assess the future of the U.S. space program over the next 40 years. "The commission could see no reason to limit humanity to the Earth," said Field. "We immediately began talking in terms of settling the solar system...
...moment, though, the FSLIC is on its own, and the agency has taken several steps in its struggle to stay solvent. For one thing, it has raised the charges it levies on the thrift industry. Besides the basic premiums of $780 million, the agency will assess the industry an additional $1 billion this year. In a more controversial vein, the agency rules governing accounting methods enable thrift institutions to appear stronger than they actually are. For example, S and Ls can stretch out the reporting of losses from mortgage sales. Moreover, 122 S and Ls now count among their assets...
...Delineate several entry points within a field like insurance, banking, communications, and assess the differences between companies that have management training programs as entry points and those that...