Word: matters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SOME lessons come easily. In the early chapter "Nine Ayes," Ackermann describes her discovery that much of the council's business is simply a matter of form--her fellow councillors approve virtually any order she brings them, as long as it does not involve money. Attempts to deal with the semiautonomous Redevelopment Authority teach her the three I's that often dominate city administration--inertia, indolence and incompetence...
...explain why Aphrodite lost no time in fooling around with squads of other gods and not a few surprised mortals, among them an obscure shepherd or two. It is no wonder that Aphrodite should continue to be so seductive even to this day. Underachieving, oversexed men -- and for that matter overachieving, undersexed men -- keep pounding at this hussy's door, and she is always at home...
...says of his job. Pottinger has spent a total of eight days out of the office in the past year. So he will give up a six-figure salary to go on commission for State Farm Insurance Companies. "I'm not naive enough to say that money doesn't matter," Pottinger says. "But I want my children to know me as something besides their provider...
...unusual for a professor to take a trial because trials are inherently of an unpredictable length. But sometimes a professor holds that a matter is so important that he needs to pitch...
...Medicare reimbursement proposal was approved by a coalition of liberal Democrats and maverick Republicans breaking ranks with their party leadership. House Minority Leader Steven D. Pierce (R-Westfield) speculated last week that many of the 21 wayward Republicans would not support the amendment again if the matter were reconsidered...