Word: assigned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...concentrated in southern Germany could be shifted to reinforce the British Army of the Rhine in the more vulnerable north. But any troop shift must overcome formidable civilian obstacles, ranging from lengthy litigation to buy land to the outraged cries of conservationists. The U.S. is soon to assign a 3,800-man brigade to the Bremerhaven area; the negotiations for the base's lease took two years...
...department won't assign a student a thesis advisor unless he is very serious about completing his thesis, Hartman said...
...Well let me speak to that because that is a good example of what I had in mind. What the Congress did recently was to pass a provision which is vague but may be interpreted to mean that the Secretary of HEW [Health, Education and Welfare] can assign to particular medical schools students who've completed part of their medical training abroad...
...services have gained enormous power in recent years, influencing the investment of millions of dollars in commercial and municipal bonds. The services' analysts investigate all financial aspects of firms or municipalities that issue bonds. The information is then studied by committees of three or four experts, who finally assign the bond's rating. Often the decisions are unanimous, but exactly what criteria are used in making these judgments is sometimes unclear. As a result, some businessmen and politicians, uneasy about how rating decisions are reached, have been calling for greater Government supervision of the rating services...
...nitpicker might complain also that Shakespeare for some reason gave two different characters the same name of Jaques; that he forgot to assign the rightful duke any name at all; that Celia is described as taller than her cousin Rosalind early in the play, and shorter later on; that he confused Juno and Venus; and so on. This is not a careful piece of work...