Word: leet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also an author. In Border Reflections, he recounts his private life as Lord Home of the Hirsel, the gray stone 70-room Home "hoose" on the English-Scottish border, surrounded by 3,000 acres of grouse moors and prime fishing spots along a stream called Leet Water. Angular Angler Home, who has tried "every known lure from the maggot to the dryest of flies," also dotes on lore. His technique for harvesting worms, a favorite bait: "Take a tablespoon of mustard, mix in warm water and sprinkle it on an area of lawn about a yard square...
...Harvard, contrary to union rhetoric, exerts no undue influence on the NLRB, or at least not directly. George Leet, a spokesman for the Washington board, called the notion "ridiculous;" Fuchs, Powers, and even union attorneys agreed...
...which perhaps proves that it is a risky business to attempt to predict the behavior of the NLRB. One can only look forward to the Board's decision with interest, keeping in mind the words of Leet: "It is the job of the National Board to make sure that a coherent overall policy is followed, and that case precedent is followed to the extent that the Board sees fit." If the Board sees fit to ignore precedent in this case, the enemies of a Med area union may in fact have found an unwitting ally in the halls...
Since 1973, some 200,000 U.S. women have spent $12.95 for a book telling them how to get rid of a substance some call cellulite* (pronounced cell-u-leet), which supposedly accumulates beneath the skin to form unsightly dimples and bulges. Now thousands more, lured by television commercials, are shelling out $5.95 for a paperback version of the same book. As a result, Cellulite (Bantam Books) is on some newspaper bestseller lists. Nutritionists, who consider the book's premises unsound though essentially harmless, are shaking their heads in amusement-or envy...