Word: hub
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been. Boston has more bookstores than San Diego will ever dream of supporting. Cambridge is steeped in history, so much so that every time I walk down Garden Street I notice a new commemorative plaque. This is a society accustomed to occupying the center of things--"the hub," as Professor John Stilgoe told the Class of 1997 during our orientation week four years...
...there is no greater hub than Harvard, through which the world's most prominent citizens routinely pass. Harvard's library system offers unparalleled facilities for browsing and research. Walking through Harvard Square on a balmy evening, listening to street musicians and observing the variety of people, it is hard to imagine what more one could want...
...number is 45 percent and falling. The airline has informed its employees that as many as 220 workers at BWI, or one fourth of the 860 full-and part-time gate workers, ticket agents and mechanics, will be laid off as USAirways continues a cost-cutting reorganization of its hub system by routing more flights through Philadelphia. The moves are an attempt to continue the remaking of US Airways into the giant it once was and not the bloated behemoth that did not have a profitable year between 1988 and 1995. Since Stephen M. Wolf was elected chairman in early...
...gift helps us maintain the high quality of Korean studies at Harvard," said Brandt in the press release. "Many American business people view Korea as a vital hub of economic activity in the Pacific...
Everything changed in 1992. Deng emerged from retirement to exhort his successors and lagging Chinese cities to "dive into the sea" of capitalist commerce. Shanghai dived in, reviving all its old spunk and luster. The metropolis is furiously rebuilding, attracting foreign investment, remaking itself into an Asian hub of finance, trade and culture. Officials say they will quadruple the city's industrial and agricultural output by the year...