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...sweeps week - that time of year where plot lines get thrown out the window as network executives feverishly pray that ratings will follow them through the roof. Four weeks a year, networks inundate the TV-viewing public with a veritable flood of plot-twisting, cringe-inducing, shark-jumping moments in the hopes they'll tune in - please, just tune in - in order to give the networks a vital boost during the critical periods when Nielsen Media Research takes its regular survey of TV viewing habits. (See the top 10 disastrous Letterman interviews...
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...last minute of the first period, LeBlanc maneuvered through the McGill blueliners to launch a shot, which bounced off Morin’s pad. Although the rookie pounced on the rebound and prepared to rip a follow-up, a pair of defenseman double-teamed him and stole the puck...
These savings included reductions in the amount of unrestricted sums—known as subventions—that are distributed to major FAS units, as well as lower costs associated with faculty recruitment and relocation, which appeared to follow from a Smith letter last December that announced a sudden, severe slowdown in searches for new faculty...
...achieved a small unrestricted surplus from various savings measures—allowing FAS to grow its reserves by $58.6 million. These savings included reductions in unrestricted sums, known as subventions, distributed to major FAS units, as well as lower costs associated with faculty recruitment and relocation, which appeared to follow from a Smith letter last December that announced a sudden, severe slowdown in searches for new faculty. The additional savings also included reductions in utility rates and consumption in buildings that were aided when reduced hiring led to lower occupancy rates in the Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering...