Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Resident tutors can keep an eye on thestudents around them in an unobtrusive way,"Dowling says. "We're quite successful at pickingup problems as they come along. We know that atany one time there are 12 students out of 450 inthe house that we are very concerned about...
...market bust, he said, "is the disorder of a non-system. There is no system. It has been broken." Others left no doubt about who must bear responsibility for fixing it. Says a senior Canadian government economist: "Everyone, all around the world, has been keeping an eye on the U.S. economy and wondering how long it could continue to survive without dealing with things like its trade imbalance and its huge federal deficit. When people became convinced that the U.S. lacked the will (we know it has the ability) to deal with these problems, they lost confidence...
...Bombeck knows what she is doing, and she honors the passage of time by retelling beloved old knee slappers. Her son, now grown, comes home for a visit, throws the door open, and just the way he used to 15 years ago, looks her in the eye and asks, "Anyone home?" Her adult kids still lock themselves in the bathroom till the dishes are done. Leftovers? Sure, but we roar for more...
Nonetheless, it seems odd--and more than a little self-serving--for the director of Expository Writing to criticize undergraduate writing in the same report that absolves him of any responsibility in the matter. One would hope that Marius would turn a critical eye on his own program, in which the quality of instruction varies enormously among classes. Many of Marius' criticisms have to do with difficulties of style of a kind which the semester-long course he oversees should be able to address. So we conclude that your points are valid, Mr. Marius. We only hope you do something...
Indeed, if the ozone layer diminishes over populated areas -- and there is some evidence that it has begun to do so, although nowhere as dramatically as in the Antarctic -- the consequences could be dire. Ultraviolet radiation, a form of light invisible to the human eye, causes sunburn and skin cancer; in addition, it has been linked to cataracts and weakening of the immune system. Without ozone to screen out the ultraviolet, such ills will certainly increase. The National Academy of Sciences estimates that a 1% drop in ozone levels could cause 10,000 more cases of skin cancer a year...