Word: means
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been the focus of alumni and student protests for several years, and Tutu has a moral authority with regard to this issue that would grant greater credibility to the divestment movement. His election and the power that he would bring to the pro-divestment faction of overseers may indeed mean that the virtually inactive Board of Overseers will be able to accomplish an important goal...
...Mean It's Free?: One major reason why the Crimson has been playing better is improvement at the free throw line, especially near the end of the game...
...Frisco's Steak House in New Orleans without leaving a tip, none of the waiters even raise an eyebrow. Nor do they at Cafe Provencal in Evanston, Ill., or Michael's in Santa Monica, Calif. Tipping is no longer expected at these establishments, but that does not mean the service is free. They are among a small but growing number of U.S. restaurants that are replacing the tipping system with a service charge, typically...
...book's protagonist, Jayson Lyman, is an investment banker who grips his peach-colored Financial Times "like a swagger stick." Advised by his boss that French magnate Marcel Bresson is out to buy News/Worldweek, Lyman is ready to leap to the American company's defense. "You mean foreigners, the French of all people, think they can take over the biggest media company in America? They'll get their butts kicked!" But Lyman's boss informs him that their firm has been retained by the other side...
Children from these homes may be able to read a clock, but that does not mean they understand time. Norton found that most of her young subjects scored lower than average on seriation tests, which measured their abilities to understand sequences of events. The less a mother had talked to her child about time over the years, the worse the youngster performed on the tests...