Word: loads
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...white applicant from Birmingham, Ala., who was rejected by Harvard, filed a complaint to the Office of Civil Rights charging reverse discrimination. In the complaint, his mother cites the example of a Black classmate who was admitted with allegedly lower standardized test scores and a "less strenuous" course load. [Please see story page...
This year, the load is back on the forwards' shoulders. Besides Eynon and Kate DeLellis, Wheaton said junior Sara Simmons and freshman Rachel Chernikoff could see time up front as he tries to create the offensive spark the team needs...
...fired off by a crew of three, far fewer than the army of 1,700 needed by the shuttle. Bottom line: the Delta Clipper should be able to carry 10-ton payloads to orbit -- manned or unmanned -- for $500 to $1,000 per lb., compared with 28 tons a load at $10,000 per lb. for the space shuttle...
...cost of McCaw's visionary expansion is a staggering debt load of nearly $5 billion and losses of $715 million in the past two years. Even with that burden, McCaw is expected to play a crucial role in AT&T's quest to conquer the emerging field of wireless communications. Almost all calls now originate or terminate on conventional wall-jack telephones (even if they are cordless within the home). But analysts predict that cellular-type phones will gradually replace hard-wired sets. That could mean trouble for local telephone companies, whose monopoly depends on phones remaining tied down...
...Little Rock could know how hard this is." Purvis remembers Foster's description of his days. "You try to be at work by 7 in the morning and sometimes it's 10 at night when you walk out just dog-tired. About the time you're thinking 'What a load,' you turn around and see the White House lit up, and the awe of where you are and what you're doing hits you. It makes you realize it's worth...