Word: explained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sold plots for $67.50 each to anyone who agreed to buy a subscription to the paper (which is now defunct). After World War II it became a regular working-class town. Times Beach, like many Midwestern river settlements, had a tang more Southern than latitude alone could explain and a small-town coziness that is rare these days. People who liked it really liked it, and stayed. Land enough to build a house could be bought for $800, even after the local boom of the 1970s...
...fail. I could try to write a work of art to put his death in some sort of perspective, but I don't have the talent. I could write a glorious indictment of drunk driving in this country and the mentality that fosters it, but statistics won't explain why he died. I could rant and rave against God (or no God), but that would not bring me any closer to the big WHY, a question everyone will have to face and will fail to answer...
Reagan Administration officials last week confirmed another coup: Sergei Bokhan, deputy director of Soviet military intelligence in Athens, had ^ defected in May. Bokhan has provided information about the extent of Soviet infiltration of the Greek military, which may explain why the U.S. postponed a sale of 40 F-16 fighter jets to that country...
...same time, men are counseled not to bombard a pregnant colleague with questions like "Are you going to stop working?" and "If you're coming back, when will you?" On sexual harassment, Baldrige offers women unsurprising but sane advice. If a man makes an unwanted move, she writes, "explain that he is demonstrating a complete lack of professional respect. Tell him you know he didn't really mean to make that pass. Then leave." If sexual advances are repeated and accompanied by threats or bribes, Baldrige suggests that the offense should be reported to management, "without regard to diplomacy...
...Education, Experience, Activities, or most briefly under Personal Background depending upon how much emphasis and space you want to give them. If you've had leadership positions, responsibilities for organizing or initiating new programs, financial management or any kind of career-related experiences, be sure it is clearly described. Explain for the non-Harvard reader what the organization...