Word: dealt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...liberals, Hart mixes in gushy descriptions of the weather, glowing and predictable accounts of football "gladiators", and very specific indictments of the administration for stoking the degenerate liberal ethos. In some of those cases, the Dartmouth administration seems in the wrong. For instance, Hart points out, the administration dealt severely with the student who was dressed as an Indian, the rallying point for Dartmouth conservatives, but it took no notice of another group of "minority students" who destroyed a traditional snow sculpture when the suspension was cased...
...Homework Hotline, he really wants to understand." Hotline opens the phones on its special number, 1-800-LASTUDY, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., with the teachers joined by a squad of college student tutors who help keep up with the weekly average of 600 calls. Routine questions are dealt with quickly. The more intriguing ones like Kellenberger's are held over to be showcased next...
...Wednesday, Weinberger was ready to play a few specific cards, but he dealt them with a sleight of hand. At a White House lunch, he rattled off some numbers in a near mumble, giving only the President printed notes to follow. The others were "treated like second-class citizens," claimed one observer. When those around the table finally unscrambled Weinberger's offer, they did not think much of it. He had proposed shifting a scheduled 5.6% military pay increase from January 1986 to July 1, 1985, producing a paper saving of $4 billion in the fiscal 1986 budget with...
...Having dealt with the machine's more visible flaws, IBM immediately set in motion a two-pronged marketing campaign that combined dramatic price cuts with blitzkrieg advertising-radio, TV, newspapers, magazines, even direct mail. The price cutting began in earnest in July, when IBM slashed the cost of the basic one-diskdrive model from $1,269 to $999. In mid-October, the company offered dealers an extra $250 rebate and encouraged them to pass on the savings to customers by selling the machine with heavily discounted software and peripheral equipment. By November, computer stores were offering a computer...
...operations which promise the most success for the least amount of money. For example, doctors should perhaps invest their energy into programs which discourage smoking--the single biggest cause of death in this country. Hypertension and high blood pressure are other major causes of disease which, if effectively dealt with, could save millions of lives in the future...