Word: denting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guess--perhaps sleeping in, or working on other classes, perhaps simply spending the hour laughing at the saps who were foolish enough to actually show up to class. After a few minutes of "review," there is little doubt that whatever they were doing, their absence will scarcely make a dent in their performance...
...business" most Serbian artillery in Bosnia at "virtually no risk" to U.S. pilots. True enough, Aspin and Powell told Clinton, but that would accomplish little if the Serbs just moved their artillery. Strategically, they advised, even a far-ranging bombing campaign in Bosnia might not make much of a dent in the thinking of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic, deemed the ogre behind the war. "The pain has to extend to Belgrade to have much effect," said a military planner, a step Clinton is not now inclined to take...
...limiting costly outside referrals, UHS could control the amount of money it spent. By incorporating computer technology slowly, administrators could spend less time shuffling papers from place to place and doctors could spend more time with patients--without putting too large a dent in the budget...
Saffold urged students to "become infiltrators with planned action for change," expressing disdain for stu dent demonstrations...
...Yankees and telling the press he likes it there? Is this the same Chicken Man who did all the promos for the Jimmy fund and was the idol of every sandlot hitter in New England? Do you realize, Mr. Boggs, that you're wearing the same uniform that Bucky Dent donned when he killed our pennant hopes...