Word: lende
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doctor of internal medicine are lucid, compelling and endearing. These are obviously real people, and they tell it like it is--from where they get their drugs to how they inject to how it makes them feel. Verghese shows a soft, susceptible side of human nature. Scenes in hospitals lend themselves to that. Even the most menacing convict appears frightened and insecure when lying in a hospital bed, facing a serious illness. Not one of his characters is ever portrayed as an inherently bad individual, or a non-person, whatever their past, whatever their habits. Verghese is completely non-judgmental...
...students who were members of associations that did not have bank accounts. To be viable, student groups need bank accounts. Many student groups continually engage in countless fundraising projects that range from concerts and parties to contacting alumni for financial support. In all of these areas, the council can lend its support and in the process, gain more credibility...
...studies lend a neurological basis to what cognitive science has known for the past 100 years-that it is more effective to master a new skill by relating it to your knowledge as a whole than by rote repetition...
Most of us are certified in CPR and are ready to lend a hand when needed. Others serve as volunteer firefighters...
Last week's rescue was particularly embarrassing for Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, who just two weeks ago assured Congress that hedge funds "are strongly regulated by those who lend the money. They are not technically regulated in the sense that banks are, but they are under fairly significant degrees of surveillance." On the other hand, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, a former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, had put out a word of caution, saying that "people who extend credit tend to get a little less careful" in good times...