Word: equal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though the number of tenured women in the sciences has increased over the years, the numbers are still nowhere near equal...
...Roche III was Hillsdale's voluble president, that commitment made him a hero to American conservatives--that and his decision 14 years ago not to accept any federal funding or allow his students to accept federal loans, in order to avoid Washington's guidelines on affirmative action and equal outlays for women's sports. But students can't bear to go near the kiosk anymore, not since it became a gathering point for the reporters who have gone to Hillsdale to find out if Roche, campus patriarch, truculent moralist, really did carry on a 19-year affair with the wife...
Such attitudes help deflect the hostility that big mergers often arouse. Rightly or wrongly, many communities fear that big mergers equal big layoffs and a loss of control over the local economy to faraway conglomerateurs. Since little mergers usually aim at faster growth and, eventually, more employment, they are usually seen as a positive force in the economy--and that perception seems correct...
...divers will aim to equal the swimmers' success this season. Although the team is anchored by two returning sophomores and two new freshmen, their talent outweighs their relative inexperience...
...time to take stock of your investment portfolio. If you've sold securities at a gain, consider weeding out some losers--offsetting taxable gains with an equal amount of losses and taking an additional $3,000 in losses against ordinary income. The first to sell are those you've held longer than a year. Long-term losses must first be applied against long-term gains. But once those have been offset, you may apply remaining long-term losses against short-term gains, allowing you to cancel a gain taxed at as much as 39.6% with a loss that should save...