Word: cumming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan--the patron saint of our prosperity--hated it. "I do not believe that it is politically feasible to insulate such huge funds from government direction," he said. That's Greenspanese for a simple concern: by investing some $700 billion in Social Security funds, the government-cum-shareholder would inject politics into the free market and unduly influence corporate decision-making. Would the government, for example, bring an antitrust or discrimination suit against a company it (partially) owns...
Students who want to try for high honors--a magna or summa cum laude degree--must still write a thesis. But students who want to graduate cum laude take two half courses in addition to the 16 half courses required for the honors track...
Last year, 149 students graduated from the English department. Two earned summa cum laude degrees and 27 earned magna cum laude degrees...
...past a thesis was required for graduation with any honors degree, but students who wrote a 40 to 60 page thesis could still graduate cum laude, depending on their thesis and course grades and performance on the eight-hour senior general examination at the end of senior year...
...creator, Barry Sears, has sold more than 3 million copies of his book The Zone. His latest is The Anti-Aging Zone (ReganBooks), which promises that Zone techniques like rigorous calorie restriction will keep you not only slim but also young. Another widely known health-food guru-cum-radio personality, Gary Null (The New Vegetarian Cookbook), will be publishing How to Live Forever: The Ultimate Anti-Aging Program (Kensington) in February. "Age is only a number," insists Null, who claims his program can eliminate wrinkles, gray hair and fatigue...