Word: moment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Which brings me to Mobuto's fourth good point. With Mobuto in power, there's really never a dull moment in Zaire. As a Washington Post writer...
Faculty Leaves: At any given moment, at least half of the important, tenured professors whose names brought you to Harvard will be on a leave of absence. The other half will be too busy writing books or fundraising to teach classes. The people who teach your classes do not have tenure. That is why they don't take leaves of absence. If they are good at teaching your classes, They will never get tenure, because they are too busy teaching classes to write the books that get them tenured. But not to worry. You will buy a lot of books...
...moment I think I'm safe because I'm in America," said Pei, who nonetheless has changed his telephone number. "There are much bigger government targets abroad...
Even in his darkest moment, Frank respected his unique responsibility as a legislator. Although he had the power to do otherwise, Frank paid Gobie out of personal and not Congressional funds. Frank says he used his own money to pay for the parking tickets Gobie accrued when not on official business...
...Historic moments are often tame and unspontaneous affairs, played out in marble halls amid the flutter of flags and the trumpeting of national anthems. Pen is put to treaty, palm grasps palm in a handshake of newfound understanding and -- pop! -- a burst of flashbulbs records the moment for posterity. But as the cold war winds down, history is offering up startling new images that bear none of the hallmarks of traditional statesmanship. Last week history was made amid the flutter of colorful balloons, the sputtering of rattletrap Trabants and Wartburgs and -- pop! -- the burst of champagne corks...