Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...next step, which is to hire willing and adaptable people and train them in the particular combination of skills they as employers require. "We are hiring out of nontraditional sources--community colleges, vocational schools, high school graduates who don't plan to go to college--and training for entry-level positions," reports George Newstrom, vice president of Electronic Data Systems, a company with 70,000 employees...
...know when and how to pass off the double team or how to split it. The result was an almost perfect basketball player, a man with skills that few other players of comparable physical ability could match and that eventually would set him apart at the championship level. For that was when the professional game changed from a somewhat casual full-court game that showcased pure natural ability to a fierce, defensively driven half-court game in which pure athletic ability was of a more limited advantage and the discipline and completeness of a player's skills were equally important...
...earnest sort, is captain of the best American team ever, as evidenced by its knocking off world champion Brazil 1-0 in a friendly match earlier this year. Foreign-born players like Dooley, who played for the U.S. in the 1994 World Cup, combined with the fast-rising level of home-grown talent have turned the U.S. team from international doormat to contender. "The mix is good for competition within the team," says Steve Sampson, the first native-born American to coach the team. "We are playing with a high level of confidence. We fear...
...inches of rain covered the D-level of Widener Library and the ground level of Lamont Library, said Susan A. Lee, associate librarian of Harvard College for planning and administration...
Average temperatures in the city can soar beyond comfort level. Concrete has a way of getting quite...