Word: insertion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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However, as an expression of its deep concern that "such conduct impedes rather than promotes progress in building a community," the board has asked the registrar to insert a statement about "sit-in protest" in the Law School Catalog...
...them in. They are what we look for--a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting reading, and that is what gets As. Underline them, capitalize them, insert them in outline from: Be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate"; "Be Specific"; etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete...
Some responses came immediately. Some took weeks. The ones addressed "Dear Applicant," offered the least hope. They were always very standard four-line letters saying. "Thank you for your letter and resume. Unfortunately, we have no openings for ___ (insert noun for indentured servant) at this time. We will your resume in our active file and if a position becomes available we will contact you. Thank you for your interest in ___ (insert long, WASPy, firm name, i.e. MacKenzie, Brackman, Cheney and Becker--'I'm not really a paralegal, but I play...
This 18-track gem will pry open your mind and insert all of the vulgarity, hatred and violence that Ice-T carries around from his "formative" years in s.c. L.A. It begins disarmingly--a little skit where Ice-T approaches a parked police car to ask for assistance--but the ditty, and its ensuing musical accompaniment, "Body Count's in the House," plummet to the horrifying depths of police brutality and Ice-T's vision of revenge...
Under the SEC's plan, shareholders will be allowed to have a say in corporate pay. Anyone who owns $1,000 or 1% of a company's stock can insert a proposal in a firm's proxy statement that calls for a vote on an executive's compensation package. Corporate boards were formerly permitted to block such a referendum. Though the results of the vote will not be binding on management, shareholder sentiment could pressure executives to settle for something more modest...