Word: employs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last night Boyle denied that he had hired Miss McCarthy, or that he had said so. He did admit that he had consulted another handwriting analyst. Wednesday night he decided not to employ the analyst because of the "absurd" cost involved in retaining both him and a lawyer for a court case which would surely follow any successful challenge of the Wallace papers...
After more than half a century of prosperity and welfare-statism, South America's smallest republic had grown increasingly noncompetitive in world markets with its two main exports: beef and wool. State-owned enterprises, which employ a quarter of the labor force, had grown to what Pacheco calls a "three-bodies-for-every-job bureaucracy." Pensions, which working mothers, for example, can start collecting after ten years on the job, had become a way of life. Huge, Communist-backed unions were constantly on strike...
...Charles's innovation brought waves of gospel talent into the blues field, and at the same time offered blues performers a chance to employ the climactic cadences and mythic ritual of black evangelism. Some of his more ardent followers adopted stage mannerisms in which they appeared to be seized by God; they tore off their clothes, called for witnesses, collapsed and rose up again. The bespangled James Brown's whirling, convulsive performances have even been analyzed as enactments of the Crucifixion...
...coach, Halas led the Bears to six N.F.L. championships and eight divisional titles, compiled a record of 321 victories against 142 losses and 31 ties. A master strategist, he perfected the T-formation, initiated the man-in-motion and the use of spread ends, was the first coach to employ movies for spotting mistakes and plotting plays. A superb judge of talent, he gave the game some of its brightest stars: Red Grange, Bronko Nagurski, Sid Luckman, Gale Sayers. A tightfisted businessman, he was known to wrestle fans for the ball after extra-point kicks, and a player once complained...
...dancers from abroad were a pleasure to watch. But it would be hard to deny that American choreographers and the limber American bodies they employ, better reflect the concerns of the 20th century. Elsewhere, dance is all too often a carefully presented museum; in the U.S., it is one of the swinging arts...