Word: employs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...argument proponents of the grants increase often employ is that many of the council's events are ill-planned and badly attended. The less money the Campus Life and Student Affairs committees have to plan new events, the less likely they are to be successful. Increasing the grants allocation contributes to a cycle of decline for these other committees, making them more susceptible to future budget-cutters. Down the road, this change is likely to transform the council as a whole into a clearing-house for grants, not a true student government. Elizabeth T. Bangs '97 Andrew A. Green...
...house or other collateral often follows quickly. And when loans do go bad--in some parts of the industry, losses run 10% or higher even during good times--in-house or outside collection agencies and networks of "repo men" may be called in. Independent bill collectors alone employ an army of 65,000 people, who deploy everything from computerized phone banks for dialing deadbeats to liens and litigation...
...fact is the feds aren't set up to succeed time and again. The FBI and U.S. Attorney are great at undercover work and prosecuting fraud. But they don't know common stock from livestock. The market is the SEC's domain. But the SEC isn't empowered to employ wiretaps or conduct stings. No single agency is fully equipped for the mission...
...also a bundle of contradictions. He has a tendency to employ his mouth and brain sequentially, but has an entrepreneur's penchant for bold ideas. He brings a shopkeeper's mentality to some costs, yet spends lavishly on quests such as the Goodwill Games, and doesn't want to get rid of favorite assets such as the Atlanta Braves. He abjures debt, but it almost drowned him after he bought MGM for about $1 billion...
State Sen. Warren E. Tolman (D-Watertown), whose district includes parts of Cambridge, will employ Melissa G. Liazos '96 in the key campaign position as he makes a bid for re-election...