Word: churns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE to digress here to point out that Harvard produces some of the finest brownnosers this side of the president. It's understandable, of course. We all had to find a way to get our high school counselors to churn out our recommendations. It's just that some students have really refined their expertise at Harvard. (If you don't know whether you qualify, count up the people you know, and count how many of them are editors/directors/producers/presidents/chairs. More than half, and you're in the big leagues...
...both of which are considered inferior to the U.S.'s M1A1. In any case, the allies will not rely on tank-to-tank combat but will call in air strikes by A-10 Thunderbolts and missile-launching helicopters. In the desert there is no cover for armored vehicles, which churn up a dust cloud behind them wherever they go. "They move, we see 'em," says an A-10 pilot in Saudi Arabia...
...listmakers wed advanced computer technology to an ever expanding data base to churn out highly specialized rolls of potential customers. They aim to know not only where you are but also who and what you are. By cross-indexing lists obtained from credit agencies, political parties, mail-order companies and other organizations, a direct-mail specialist can merge and compare the data to identify the groups you belong to, the car you drive, the party you vote for, the amount you paid for your house. All this helps direct marketers identify the goods, services and causes that might...
...intends to keep its current management. Fujitsu also plans to issue ICL shares on the London Stock Exchange within the next five years. Still, since the mainframe industry has become an increasingly competitive, slow- growing business, Fujitsu probably looks to ICL for something other than its capacity to simply churn out machines. Katsumi Tsuzura, an analyst for Japan's LTCB Research Institute, suggests that ICL's strongest attraction is its "established brand name in Europe...
Rehnquist is one of scores of distinguished legal figures who, with the same mixture of audacity and humility, started out at the top. They were law clerks at the U.S. Supreme Court, members of the small cadre of top young law graduates who each term help churn out the work of the nation's highest tribunal. The clerks' job description is simple, if daunting: to assist the Justices in the crafting of the nation's final judgments. Their responsibility, however, is bounded only by the discretion of the individual Justice for whom they work. Their duties, which last a year...