Word: disrepair
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...incident was reported to the university, and, with the relationship between Morris and Clarkson administrators in a state of disrepair, he found little support there. Following a 10-day investigation, Morris was fired, shortly before that night’s Harvard-St. Lawrence and Brown-Clarkson games...
...after all, a hockey player, and hockey players have a certain hubris when it comes to matters of bodily disrepair. So you could’ve guessed Zappala’s response: He thought it was a “really bad headache” and tried to play through...
...QRAC is only underutilized because the College has invested too little in its upkeep. Out of date exercise machines make the QRAC’s lower floor resemble more of a torture chamber than a modern weight room. This state of disrepair has forced most of the exercise traffic on the Quad to the House gyms, which, though not particularly well funded, are superior to the QRAC in quality...
Watchful worry is the only option for 34 million Americans who, like Boyle, are stakeholders in defined-benefit pensions--corporate retirement programs that once represented a dependable revenue stream for retired U.S. workers but today are increasingly falling into disrepair and deficit. Two weeks ago, the U.S. Comptroller General, concerned about a rise in the number of companies no longer able to meet their pension obligations and the magnitude of their shortfalls, labeled as "high risk" a quasi-federal agency that steps in to pay retirees when companies cannot. Saddled with a deficit of $5.4 billion and counting, the Pension...
...younger generation of funeral directors is particularly eager to try out fresh ideas. When Tyler Cassity, 33, took over a 64-acre Los Angeles cemetery that is the resting ground of silent-film star Rudolph Valentino and mobster Bugsy Siegel, it had crumbled into disrepair. Now the site, renamed Hollywood Forever, is known for producing short documentaries about the deceased. In the on-site theater mourners can view the film in "kind of a premiere," says Cassity. The films are also made available on the Internet and as DVD keepsakes. "We live in a culture here in L.A. that believes...