Word: list
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Society is currently experiencing a boom--the monastery is absolutely full, and there's a waiting list for prospective postulants. Even if one is accepted as a postulant, the community has a long trial period--men who want to join must spend three months as a postulant, then five years as a novice before taking final vows...
Last Wednesday state representatives agreed to review a list of organized demands from the unemployed P&L workers, including the extension of health insurance coverage during the delays, and respond to them at an open meeting next Thursday at Quincy High School. At this point, however, the women are tired of vague, stalling promises. They want effective action from the state, indicating loud and clear that their demands are being heard...
...human inefficiencies. A Sears color TV that Hovanees ordered through CompuServe's Electronic Mall never did arrive. And, as Peggy Berk can testify, there are special risks in relying on computer systems that are shared with thousands of strangers. She once spent three days reconstructing her client contact list after an unidentified hacker broke into a confidential mailbox on The Source and dispatched her private storage files into the ether...
...work falls to his legs, which are as thick as the rest of him is lithe. "Some pitchers who are overpowering," Tom Seaver says, "you can see the clock is ticking down on them. They just have terrible fundamentals. Gary Nolan, Don Gullett, Mark Fidrych, there's a whole list. Gooden's mechanics look outstanding: I figure him for a long run. Knowing his trade and his own heart, being able to adjust mentally when it comes time to adjust physically, those are always the tests of longevity, and they'll be his challenge someday...
...that does not console the Purple people, one of the evening's best musical numbers might. While Irene Cara sang what was called a hymn to the losers, a list flashed on the screen of other motion pictures that had failed in the Best Picture category. They included Citizen Kane, Tootsie, The Wizard of Oz and, alas, Spielberg...