Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Metz came back in the game on third-and-12 at the Harvard 12, and promptly fumbled the ball back for another six-yard loss. Blackman disappointingly settled for a field goal. The numbers on the Cornell scoring drive read: four plays, minus 12 yards, three points...
...Boston fireman explains, "it's been a tough year for us." But still they got out and collected, filled the boot, had a tag day. The Pioneers, telephone company employees with 18-plus years of service, and the Future Pioneers, telephone company employees with 18-minus years of service...
...faculty member, Irving felt the need to uphold high standards of behavior. As captain of the school wrestling team he piled up points. His grades were another matter. Though Irving excelled in history and English, math, science and foreign languages pulled him down to a C-minus average. It took him five years to get through Exeter. Still, by the time he graduated at 19, he knew what he wanted: to continue wrestling and to write novels. At the time they were difficult ambitions...
...fact that President Reagan is a jelly bean addict - and that he shares a jar of jelly beans with his Cabinet each time we meet. The jar starts in front of Dave Stockman. There, unfortunately, it also stops dead. The Budget Director is scribbling down numbers - and putting minus signs after them. This demands his total attention. Psychological interpretation: a man whose pleasures he in long-term numbers, not in short-term gratification...
...long ago, that amount of money went a long way towards the down payment on a new house in American suburbia. Next year, it will be the price tag for a year as an undergraduate at Harvard-Radcliffe--minus transportation, expenses and fees...