Word: backlog
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...offered the immunization clinic in an attempt to eradicate the immunization backlog on campus. The clinic offered measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus and diphtheria shots...
...what he will do about a range of food-safety issues, such as fish inspection, food additives and pesticide residues. Drugmakers are still waiting for the FDA to break the logjam of new drug applications. Approval currently can take as long as three years, and there is a backlog of 271 drugs waiting for FDA action. But Kessler remains confident. "There's nothing that isn't manageable," he says. So far, he's done a good job of making that sound credible...
...liberate the oil-rich country. With that much money at stake, companies around the world began battles of their own long before the shooting war ended, fighting over contracts for everything from hospitals to refineries in one of history's largest reconstruction jobs. "This provides an almost unlimited backlog of good, profitable work," says John Dosher, a Houston energy consultant. "It's a potential gold mine...
...Vanities, says the demand for his suits with "a very smart, small waist, nice and snug off the hips with a full chest," is "increasing, but we just haven't got the men to meet it. There are no tailors around. I've got an eight- to nine-month backlog...
...those who do stay in school often take five to seven years to graduate from high school. The system itself is rife with troubles. Almost a third of the city's 32 local school boards are under investigation for corruption, building maintenance has chalked up a $500 million backlog, and a basic in-school service like nursing care has been slashed 86%. An impossible caseload of 1,000 high school students for every guidance counselor makes a mockery of the profession...