Word: extended
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Adults explores the twentysomethings who occupy the lowest economic stratum. The book does not pose a singular argument or present one over-arching thesis. Rather, by chronicling the lives of the young working class, it attempts to locate patterns and questions. But the questions that The Unknown City poses extend to more awesome issues than the future of economics and jobs. Instead, it documents the strain of poverty and race relations as inner cities turn from melting pots into pressure cookers, ready to explode...
There was no money, no delivery, but what's more, no sense of culpability. I guess I had naively assumed that companies, especially businesses such as airlines, which are so highly competitive, aim to please their customers. I realized, however, that this consumer ideal does not necessarily extend beyond my own American experience. My assumptions of consumer/retail conduct are culturally grounded. The image of clean, bright-eyed, smiling salespeople looking up to the next person in line with a cheery, "Can I help you?" is as blatantly American as the white bread peanut butter and jelly sandwiches which I sometimes...
WASHINGTON: Does the attorney-client privilege extend beyond the grave? Is your lawyer allowed to keep your conversations secret after you die? Believe it or not, the Supreme Court is only just getting around to tackling this basic, if morbid, legal issue. Prosecutor Ken Starr, wearing his Whitewater hat, asked the Justices Monday to require attorney James Hamilton to turn over notes relating to one ex-client in particular -- the late Vince Foster. Hamilton begged the court not to cut off the sacred attorney-client privilege at the moment of death: "People do care," he said, "about their reputations...
...Corporation's differing priorities seem toassure that it will not extend the ACSR's advisorypower beyond the proxy questions brought to theUniversity...
While it monopolized campus attention for several weeks, the debate over whether to extend the Harvard Dining Services (HDS) ban on grapes quickly bored many students. The ultimate reinstitution of grapes in the dining halls seemed to indicate a large conservative presence on campus...