Word: crucial
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crucial to such depth are returning skippers Gordon Burns, Paul O'Connor and Julia Trotman. The three seniors, all former team captains, are the nucleus of what Captain Allison Peter calls, "one of the best teams we've had in the past few seasons...
...picking a successor to O'Neill, Harvard needs to think about how it can provide the most support to the community. It is crucial to have an administrator who, like O'Neill, is outside the real estate business, who has close ties to the city and who is willing to listen. If the University fails to pick such a successor, choosing to think of itself as an entity separate and distinct from Cambridge, Harvard may do the city irreparable harm. And by hurting the surrounding community, the University will hurt itself...
Founding father of the house system President A.L. Lowell made it clear in 1930 that houses selected students, not vice-versa. "The crucial point is the selection of the students for each House," he said in a speech introducing the new system...
Coach Ihsan Gurdal changed his strategy in the crucial third game. Instead of relying on his starters, Gurdal substituted frequently, replacing his middle hitters with stronger servers and passers when they rotated to the back row. The Crimson pulled out to a sizable lead and never let the Eagles climb back in, taking the game...
...daughter. Capitalism in action: one person had $4,400 and wanted a kidney, another person had a spare kidney and wanted $4,400, so they did a deal. What's more, it seems like an advantageous deal all around. The buyer avoided a lifetime of dialysis. The seller provided crucial help to his child, at minimum risk to himself. (According to the Economist, the chance of a kidney donor's dying as a result of the loss...