Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Waldorf's students say they have noticed thisconfusion. They say that Waldorf seems to haveconsidered the issues a great deal, but does notreally fit into a specific political category...
...thrilled. I haven't gone into a screaming fit yet, but I am so happy to be given this incredible opportunity," said Guttmann. "It's just total self-indulgence to be 20 years old and to be able to drop everything for two years of Oxford...
Another relatively inexpensive gift is a dust cover to help keep a computer from collecting nasty particles floating around a dorm room. Dust covers ($10-$40, depending on its size and shape) are designed to fit specific computer models, printers and monitors--so it's important to know what brand and model you are trying to purchase...
Their name may not seem to fit the gilded 1980s, but junk bonds have proved to be the hottest and most controversial financial instruments of the era. These low-grade, high-interest bonds have enabled corporate raiders to raise billions of dollars for ventures that have reshaped American business. Yet most investors have had persistent reservations about the safety of the securities. One concern is that too much of the underwriting and trading in junk bonds has been handled by just one firm, Drexel Burnham Lambert (last name pronounced Lamb-bear), which controls 50% of the market. If that...
...million Canadians had had their wallets lifted -- credit cards, IDs and all. Revenue Minister Elmer MacKay told the House of Commons last week that on Oct. 30 microfiche records on nearly every 1985 Canadian taxpayer -- documents so reduced that all of them could fit inside a shoe box -- were stolen from Toronto's District Taxation Center. It was, said MacKay, the "most grievous blow to confidentiality in the department's history...