Word: induction
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...golden throats of Harvard, male at least, none of these concerns holds any water. Fall auditions draw more than 60 would-be Kroks, and over a five-day span, the group eventually whittles the pool down to five whom they will actually take, showing up at dawn to induct the new boys. The allure of the slick tuxedoes, carefully placed hair and jazzy chords brings them out in droves. The Kroks rise to the occasion, arriving in suits to each round of auditions, setting up a veritable shrine to themselves in a side room in which the audtioners wait their...
...Prime Minister makes no secret of his broad intentions. On taking office, he openly declares that India will adopt the B.J.P. election manifesto's promise to "exercise the option to induct nuclear weapons" into its national defense. Indian newspapers are full of stories predicting the B.J.P. government will take the next steps...
...DELHI: You?re elected to lead a fragile minority coalition government, expecting your tenure will be nasty, brutish and short. What to do? Go nuclear, of course. Hindu nationalist Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in today as prime minister and restated his election promise to ?exercise the option to induct nuclear weapons? into India?s arsenal...
...husband stopped going to church, and for years he refused to go with me to Teddy's gravesite. He bought all of Teddy's game films for $1,200 but then couldn't bear to watch them. The films are still in the basement, unopened." When Marshall decided to induct Ted Jr. into its Hall of Fame in 1990, Yolanda and Ted Sr. flew to Huntington--but only at the urging of their sons. "It was a good thing to do," she says. "Seeing Red Dawson again, talking to people who knew Teddy eased the pain a little...
...known if Phi Gamma Delta members forced Krueger to drink, but the MIT chapter has been suspended by both the school and the national office, pending investigation. The chapter cannot hold events or induct new members during that time...