Word: easier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...industrial conglomerate Allied-Signal, the takeover would have given Allied- Signal GM's auto-supply operations and Chrysler the rest. After talking it over with investment bankers and lawyers, Iacocca rejected the notion as too much of a reach. Said he: "I concluded that it might be easier to buy Greece...
...change," says Deanof the College L. Fred Jewett '57. He says theClass of 1988 has "more commitment to publicservice than five or eight years ago." Jewett addsthat much of the bitterness that oncecharacterized activists' dealings with theUniversity has disappeared. And, he says, in someways this may make it easier to work out problems...
Nearly 40 percent of the 300 to 400 jobs in the Athletic Department--which athletes say are widely considered easier than jobs listed in the Student Employment Office (SEO)--go to varsity athletes. However, only about 20 percent of all undergraduates play on varsity or junior varsity teams...
...high visibility is perhaps what contributes the most to Khalil's campus reputation. Synonomous with her name is a way of college life easier to describe than to define: a facon de vivre centered around Adams House, wearing black and the late night smoke-filled scenes at Tommy's Lunch and the Cafe Pamplona. Khalil jokes that she spends "half my life" at Tommy's and her striking appearance makes her one of the most well-known members of a sub-community, which includes Adams residents and international students, who follow her lead...
...forced to take the only job he could find: plumber at a maternity hospital. Not long afterward, he was injured in an oxygen-tank explosion. Since then he has suffered headaches and double vision. Doctors say he may need brain surgery. But, as Vera points out, "it's easier to get a ticket to the moon here than a brain scan." During a hospital stay last month, Yuri contracted hepatitis from a needle. The U.S. embassy has asked Soviet authorities to allow the family to leave so Zieman can get treatment not available in the U.S.S.R. The Soviets have responded...