Word: bypass
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Boris Yeltsin is resting easy after his recent heart bypass surgery. But what if his rest verged on eternal, and Russia veered toward a political coup? Investors with all their money stashed in U.S. stocks wouldn't have to worry much. The echo of political turmoil in distant markets might be barely audible when Wall Street is roaring like Niagara Falls. But for those invested overseas--through mutual funds or directly, in stocks--the noise would be more like a foghorn in their bedroom. The clamor of social, political and economic uncertainty just might send prices cascading lower...
...they have in mind. I do not think that my experience in this regard is unusual. Outside these gates, the Harvard degree is expected to correspond to a certain degree of wealth, and success is largely measured by one's progress up the corporate ladder. Those who choose to bypass the corporate fast track are often met with a shake of the head and the question, "How did (s)he go wrong...
...luxurious sanatorium in the village of Barvikha to the heart center on the edge of Moscow. The patient was in a good mood, his spokesman reported later, and joked with the doctors. After two months of waiting, wild rumors and some nasty Kremlin infighting, the Russian President's heart-bypass operation--a procedure as crucial politically as it was medically--had finally become a reality. At 2 p.m., after seven hours in the operating room, during which Yeltsin's heart was stopped for more than 60 minutes, the clearly relieved surgeons announced that all had gone well. Their optimism...
...SFJB by their senior tutors (I know I was) and some students who request the Student-Faculty Judicial Board (SFJB) are denied it. A conflict of interests is institutionalized In Harvard's disciplinary procedure. It just does not make sense for the individuals who choose whether your case will bypass the Ad Board to be...the Ad Board...
...Lambert Lincoln (D-Ark.) had initially decided to stay on in the House despite being pregnant. "I envisioned boarding a plane twice a week with an infant, a diaper bag and a briefcase," she said. "[Then] we learned we were having twins." Representative Jimmy Quillen (R-Tenn.) had quintuple-bypass surgery in 1993 but held out for one more session. "I'll be 81 at the end of this term, and my wife needs me," he explained. Senator William Cohen (R-Maine), who surprised even his mother with his January announcement, claimed that part of the reason for leaving...