Word: confer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lightning quick, a classic trader and a gambler," says an entertainment-industry executive. "He looks at Sumner, who is 70. He eats Biondi instantly. He comes out on top." In a sign of Huizenga's likely clout, Redstone flew to Blockbuster headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, last week to confer with his new partner. Says the Viacom chairman: "I've been down here telling Wayne that the more roles he plays in this, the happier we're going to be." Adds Huizenga: "We're in the middle of the conversation. We haven't buttoned it all down...
...might be accepted. It is rarely "accepted"; we aren't here to accept or reject. We're here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxic your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocations), the more interesting an essay it is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to be called "assistants," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders...
Linda M. Pedelty, a dog-owner and proctor inWeld Hall, said the benefits pets confer outweightheir risks...
...bonus round, team members may confer before answering questions. Teams earn points for answering questions correctly and lose points when they answer incorrectly...
...might be accepted. It is rarely "accepted;" we aren't here to accept or reject--we're here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxic your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocation), the more interesting an essay is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to be called "assistants," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically...