Word: crunched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Quad renovations and a higher than expected number of returning students left the housing office scrambling to find space for an extra 80 students when the school year began and College officials spent the year solving the housing crunch and insuring that it would not happen again...
...safeguard against predators, the cicadas usually first crawl out of the ground after sunset. Their main defense, though, may be sheer numbers: birds, raccoons and skunks can crunch up only so many insects. After climbing the nearest vertical object -- a tree or post, for example -- the insects take their last step toward adulthood. They hook their needle-like claws into the surface, arch their backs to break their skin and then wiggle free. A day later they are ready to fly away. All of this is merely a prelude to courtship, with the male cicadas seeking to attract mates with...
Here were all those weary Americans in Vladivostok, about as far away from home as you could get, and they were coming down to the crunch on a nuclear- arms agreement. They needed a place and some time for secret talk among themselves. There was no place...
College officials said they are working toinsure that the some houses are not affected morethan others by an unexpected housing crunch...
Lotus 1-2-3 for IBM compatibles and Microsoft's Excel for the cuter personal computer's around campus are spreadsheet programs that allow users to crunch and compare numerous columns and rows of numbers are suitably mangled, they can be turned into snazzy graphs. IBM--compatible users will need a printer that can produce graphics, Mac users will find that the Imagewriter suffices...