Word: clock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mercury, the Roman god with the winged sandals, but they move with heroic speed. Clad in their red, white and blue polyester uniforms, the drivers for Domino's Pizza spring from their vehicles with cardboard cartons and sprint up the sidewalks of millions of U.S. homes. Customers often clock them to the second, since the 2,000-shop chain promises a discount if the pie takes longer than 30 minutes to arrive. To help drive home the point, Domino's sponsored a race car that finished fifth in the Indianapolis 500, with Al Unser Jr. behind the wheel...
Although the Leverett masters have implemented a number of strategies to improve security around the house--like expensive, round-the-clock police patrols at the grates, better lighting at the dining hall entrance, and a new look-out window in the superintendent's office--homeless men and students' fears will return to McKinlock as soon as the temperatures drop next winter...
Recalls Barbara L. Easton '66: "All the decisions got made in Adams House, which was where all the men lived. They'd get together at two o'clock in the morning and make decisions, and then we'd all read about it next morning in The Crimson...
...Central Electoral Board in the capital of Santo Domingo last week, a special police unit maintained an around-the-clock watch over election computers. Days had passed since nearly 2 million Dominicans waited in line, sometimes for as long as eight hours, to cast votes in the May 16 presidential election. Still the country was without a new leader...
...sure, the Senate is not planning to treat viewers to cinema verite. There will be no panning shots of the near empty rows of desks, no cutaways to Senators yawning or fidgeting. To try to add some suspense to roll-call votes, a clock showing the countdown to the 15-minute limit on voting time flashes occasionally on the screen. In reality, the Senate is not the least bit bound by the 15-minute limit, so the TV clock will disappear after 14 minutes have passed...