Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also caused confusion in the University's payroll office, as administrators must scramble to devise a method to check the residential backgrounds of recently-hired faculty and staff. "The law has created a great deal of work for us," Hoyt says...
...having fat suctioned from under his double chin and reinserted to strengthen his jawline. "I could go out and spend $20,000 on a car to make myself feel better," he explains, "or I could spend $3,000 to change something that has always bothered me." An older, simpler method to smooth the skin involves the injection of protein collagen into scars and wrinkles. This procedure usually requires several treatments plus an annual booster. Cost...
...months WSGP has bought up five financial institutions, including Honolulu Federal Savings & Loan (assets: $1.7 billion), Southern California Savings ($1.5 billion) and World Trade Bancorp ($100 million), all for $119 million. The group's method is to look for bargains among sinking thrifts that also possess attractive real estate holdings. Then WSGP strips the institutions of problem loans and injects them with fresh capital, with the aim of selling out at big profits...
...phenomenon is accelerating so rapidly, says Andrew Kostecka, a Commerce Department analyst, that "franchising will be the leading method of doing business in the 21st century." John Naisbitt, author of the best-selling Megatrends, has estimated that franchising, which now accounts for just over a third of retail sales, will generate $1 trillion annually, or half of all sales, within 20 years...
Short of giving each test-taker his own room, there is no flawless scheme. Any exam monitoring method is problematic because it is based on a sour--but realistic--assessment of human nature. And that is one of the few things that is harder to change than Harvard's policies...