Word: dented
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...make a dent without increased efforts," said Henrietta A. Davis. "We haven't done as well as we hoped in hiring. But I'm not in favor of the quota; it's much too constraining...
...Crimson, which is used to difficult conditions, was faced with a match far from the comforts of home. It played on relatively slow courts, in front of a fired up crowd that was looking to help the Big Green put a dent in the Crimson's season...
...there may have been two teams desperately wanting to put a dent in the Crimson's season...
...cancer. The one-time corporate lawyer served the shortest presidential term in the 165-year history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. TIME senior writer Richard N. Ostling notes that Hunter "had power in his church exceeding that of the pope, but made barely a dent as a church leader." (Mormons believe their leader, unlike the pontiff, can receive revelations directly from God.) Ostling adds that Hunter's successor, senior apostle Gordon Hinckley, 84, has actually been directing church affairs for several years...
Only weeks after its introduction, this much-anticipated fount of sweetness has already made a dent in the life of Currier residents. Its popularity is evidenced by the high consumption rate which, according to Currier Dining Hall Supervisor Charlie Lambert,averages about 15 gallons per day. More than justproviding a tasty desert, fro-yo has affectedCurrier life in subtler ways. With names asstimulating as "Blissful Banana," "RadicalRaspberry" and "Just Peachy"--or "Simply Vanilla"for the mild at heart--the daily changing of theflavors adds extra flair to mealtimes...andbedtime. "It's better [than ice cream] forspreading on bodies," says...