Word: creep
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Sections are designed to be small-group discussions in which students can express their opinions and create a dialogue with fellow students and the teaching fellow (TF). All too often, however, section sizes creep above 17, 18, even 20 students...
Although he appears pleased with his thesis experience so far, some regret does creep into Hemsey's voice...
...companies in the Dow Jones industrials will earn a combined $347.50 per share in 1996. If these 30 stocks sell for an average of 171/2 times earnings, we might even see a 20% gain in stocks and a 6000 Dow in 1996. But this is where the doubts creep in, owing to the sluggish economy and the silence at the cash registers...
...will not be a police force. It will not conduct nation building. It will not be a disarmament force and chase after people to collect weapons and whatnot. And it will not be responsible for the movement of refugees." In other words, this time there will be no "mission creep," Pentagonese for the gradual expansion of tasks, which turned the Somalia intervention from an initial success to an eventual debacle...
...important part of the cash-suction operation is the multitude of Contract with America "coalitions,'' which are groups of lobbyists who raise funds to press members of the House for passage of elements of the Contract. "You have coalition creep,'' says Mark Isakowitz, a leader of the Coalition for America's Future, which pushes tax cuts. "You could spend most of your time going from one coalition meeting to another." These are coordinated for Gingrich by Representative John Boehner. His Thursday Group, a round table of representatives from the various coalitions, meets every week at 11 a.m. in a room...