Word: begun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...season has already begun on a positive note, as Harvard swept its opening weekend of play, blowing out Vermont in its season and home opener 9-1 last Friday, and winning its second contest against Rhode Island 2-1 last Sunday...
...already built McArthur Hall, a large brick building looking onto the Charles toward Cambridge, to house students in the Business School's executive education program. Construction has begun on the new student center, which will house dining and social facilities and perhaps a post office, a game room, a pub, student club offices, University Health Services, a Coop and an auditorium...
...gene catalogs to special-order a hazel-eyed, redheaded extrovert with perfect pitch. Leave aside for the moment whether scientists actually found an "IQ gene" last week or the argument over what really constitutes intelligence. Every new discovery gives shape and bracing focus to a debate we have barely begun. Even skeptics admit it's only a matter of time before these issues become real. If you could make your kids smarter, would you? If everyone else did, would it be fair...
...applies broadly to the presence of celebrities, and many people are asking it. CEOs and athletes have long sought the privacy and comforts of affluent suburbs. But these days ceos are famous enough to attract attention and athletes are wealthy enough to move wherever they want. Movie stars have begun leaving Hollywood for rural spaces, furthering the infiltration of fame. When it arrives, so does the circus...
...still unusual, but that may be changing fast. Interest in retirement plans is on the rise among small businesses, largely because of a number of important changes in the business climate. The Federal Government has created a simple retirement plan designed for small businesses, the financial industry has begun to use the Internet to help companies administer their plans, and there is a growing recognition by managers that offering retirement benefits is key to recruiting in a tight labor market...