Word: furloughing
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...York twice appealed for exemption from the World War I draft as a conscientious objector. Twice denied, he trained reluctantly in the Army, faced a religious dilemma when ordered overseas for combat duty. With his Bible in hand, he climbed into the Cumberlands on furlough, pondered the problem for two days, came down to announce: "I'm goin'." That decision, as it turned out, led to his becoming the most celebrated G.I. in America's military history. Of such legendary stuff was York made that Gary Cooper easily parlayed an unusually accurate film biography into...
...padding is a costly legacy from Perón's days, 2,000,000 unionists staged a paralyzing one-day walkout in hopes of pressuring the government to create still more jobs. And in Venezuela, labor unions celebrated a new contract virtually forbidding U.S.-owned oil companies to furlough any men despite automation...
...Worcester, Mass. Retiring for a coaching job at Boston College, the Cooze firmly numbered among his friends another athlete-Paul Hornung, 27, Green Bay halfback indefinitely suspended from the National Football League for betting on Packers games. Hornung-present at Cousy's insistence -shakily recalled his own furlough from sports. "Last week I had many long-distance calls. Some of them were not so nice. But one of the first was from Bob Cousy, and Bob said, 'Paul, I want you to be there.' I'll never forget...
Freed of cowing competition, "late bloomers'" may take off suddenly, whisking through a year's work in a few weeks. For the bright but immature child, who may do three years' work in iJ, years, level eight is followed by an intellectual furlough: level nine for "enrichment'' reading and growing while glands catch up with brains. Levels ten to 18 cover the usual grades three to six; level 19 is another pause for extra-brights. Maple Park kids then go on to junior high school, some after only five years of school, some after seven...
...lovely love of a good top model make an honest writer of David again? Barbara takes a furlough from her career and her rich French would-be lover and wine coach (''Remember, the red wine must never be chilled") to find the answer. "My head is full of you," says David, ignoring his typewriter. "That's wrong," says Barbara mock-sternly, "it's supposed to be full of beautiful words and declarative sentences." It takes a heap of declarative sentences, including several inverse clichés that are almost as good as clichés ("Love...