Word: clock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fall 1986: 10:00 a.m. You roll over drowsily to check the clock. Looks like you're late again for Moral Reasoning 22. You splash cold water on your face and sprint to Sanders Theater...
...POLITICAL bias aside, Accuracy in Media's goal of eliminating misrepresentation and inaccuracy on the six o'clock news is a noble one. However, just as classroom and media are fundamentally different, the goals of Accuracy in Academia and Accuracy in Media are not equivalent. To eliminate bias and opinion from teaching is anything but noble. It is, in fact, inaccurate--representing a distorted view of the process of education...
Marcos' personal supervision of that network was impressive. Every night after 10 o'clock, the President for several hours fielded calls from K.B.L. officials around the country. The party hands reported on the pro-Marcos voting prospects in their locales, the lineup of poll inspectors and campaign issues. Meanwhile, more detailed election data were fed into a newly installed computer system in a presidential office building. According to opposition critics, the high-tech apparatus could be used to estimate the number of false ballots that might be required to win at each location...
...graves signify people who died fighting apartheid in South Africa and slavery in America. The 10th grave stands for the people yet to die in the struggle, said N. Andrew Cohen, general manager of the Brown Daily Herald. The pro-divestment activists are keeping a round-the-clock watch over the graves to prevent vandalism similar to that which occurred at Dartmouth and Stanford...
...District. Rather than build a department from scratch, district officials decided to hire a company called American Emergency Services, based 15 miles away in Wheaton, to put out fires and provide paramedics. The district built its own fire station, but the firm supplies the personnel and equipment around the clock. Company Founder Gary Jensen estimates that the district's decision has saved...