Word: knowingness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then in the third set, both teams came out tough, knowing that a win then would be crucial. Again, Schossberger and Lopeter kept Harvard in it. After a lot of back-and-forth play, the game was deadlocked, 13-13. But again, the front line of FDU came through with...
Worst of all for Salomon Brothers, Michael Lewis, who was earning $225,000 a year at the age of 27, overdosed on greed and quit the firm to empty his journals into this brief, knowing and hilarious volume. Alas, its disclosures are not likely to be heeded. The Street provokes...
It is sure to come, someday. Knowing that, Californians have a choice: either to move to an area less prone to quakes, which few are likely to do, or to make the best preparations they can to deal with them. In that sense, there was something miraculous about the Great...
An earthquake is simply an unannounced convulsion. It is nature performing a Shakespearean tragedy that begins absurdly in the fifth act: after 15 seconds, Hamlet and the others lie dying, the stage is covered with blood and debris. For many years one may have lived on top of the San...
Sometimes storms, even hurricanes, can be exhilarating. It is fun to stand on a beach during a histrionic blow. An earthquake is not that kind of thrill. The worst part may be the feeling of helplessness. There is no right thing to do just then, except perhaps to flee the...