Word: exceedingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Black Students Association (BSA) will submit a letter to the Harvard-Radcliffe Admissions Office today demanding that the number of black students accepted for the Class of '84 exceed the number accepted for the Class of '83, Eugene J. Green '80, president of the BSA, said yesterday...
Unless the council votes to override the cap or the State allows Cambridge to exceed the limit, 210 staff members, including 80 teachers and 40 part time aides and tutors, will be let go and sabbatical leaves, elementary athletics, foreign language, science and library programs, evening school and the adult diploma programs will be closed down. Four schools will also be closed, the central office relocated, and negotiated step raises for teachers...
...prompt Americans to reduce their "extravagant" use of gas. But another motive is to raise an extra $10 billion a year, to "be held in reserve" either to reduce the national debt or, if necessary, balance the budget. Translation: the extra money is needed to make sure that revenues exceed spending in the next fiscal year and produce a surplus now estimated at up to $3 billion...
...Thames were elevated to more than 5 meters (17 ft.) above the mean water level. More recently, the height has been increased to nearly 6 meters (19 ft.). But even these towering embankments could not cope with an extreme combination of circumstances. While Thames tides normally do not exceed 4.6 meters (15 ft.), the level can be pushed far higher by sudden onslaughts of water. In 1976, a 2.4-meter (8 ft.) surge was recorded on a low tide. If such a surge came atop one of the highest tides, it could raise the river to 1.2 meters...
...tire business too. The hardest hit has been Uniroyal, target of a 40-day walkout last summer that cost it an estimated $42 million in forgone sales. The strike helped convert a slender 1978 profit of $5.9 million on sales of $2.7 billion into a 1979 loss that may exceed $9 million. The most heavily debt-burdened of the companies, Uniroyal is also dragging around a $520 million unfunded vested pension liability, which is equal to more than 80% of its net worth...