Word: fasting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rhein filled his monologue with witticisms ranging from work at a fast-food Mexican restaurant to religious cults. The budding comedian also poked fun at `traditional' Harvard life, including the cost of books at the Harvard Coop, the lure of MIT `babes' and strict professors...
...qualifier in the nationals was junior Meredith Rainey. Rainey, who is competitive in every event from the 55-meter dash to the 800-meter run, qualified for the NCAA championships in the 400-meter dash. Although she finished third in her trial heat, her time of 54.64 was not fast enough to qualify for the finals...
Bush had already begun standing fast for Tower while heading home from the Far East. "I haven't wavered one iota," he said aboard Air Force One, "and I don't intend to." Over the next several days he summoned more than a dozen Democratic Senators to the White House for a personal appeal not to slap away the hand he offered them at his Inauguration. Yet the Administration seemed to know that Tower was a lost cause. By Thursday, when the Senate began its rancorous debate on the nomination, the President's advisers admitted they had failed to lock...
While the latch problem may not have been directly related to the plane's age, newer aircraft generally need less maintenance than older jets. Most of the major carriers, especially the profitable ones, are upgrading their fleets as fast as the aircraftmakers can build them. United took delivery of 23 new Boeing 737-300s in the second half of 1988, thus lowering the average age of its 400-jet fleet from 14.9 years in July to 13.5 years as of Jan. 1. The American fleet, which averaged 10.8 years old last July, has been reduced to 9.4 years currently...
...movie finds nothing ambiguous in this tale. No student rebels, reform is achieved at miracle speed, all opposition is seen as opportunistic. In short, complexity is sacrificed to fast-food inspirationalism. After the cheers die and the tears dry comes the realization that Lean on Me is serving up empty emotional calories. They don't leave you sick, just hungry for an honest meal...