Word: notches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...summer schedule could actually be a very good thing. I won't have to readjust to the academic rigor; I will downshift a notch. I won't be worried about wasting my summer away; I will have enhanced my job prospects for next summer. I won't be worried about finances next year; I will be set. Hmmm. Momentum, resume-building and money. Maybe I'm not so insane after...
...father, now 75, hasn't had any cardiac problems at all. My total cholesterol is just a little high at 200. My only real risk factor is (deep sigh) age: a few months from now, I'll turn 45, which, the experts say, pushes the danger up a notch. But I can't do much about that...
...worked, and Kasich gets another notch on his budget knife. "This is his résumé," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "He knows how difficult it is to run for president from the chaotic House, so he needs to develop a track record of being the one true man among the scoundrels -- the keeper of the flame." Kasich's larger problem is with the political and economic tides; with the budget surplus estimated at $34 billion and counting, shrinking the government just doesn't seem as urgent as it used...
...could frame the Harvard women's water polo team's season as a series of wins against lesser or equal opponents sandwiched in between losses to big-time programs. In its 17-10 season, the Crimson showed that it was good, but still a notch below beasts of the East like UMass, Princeton and Maryland...
Rudenstine may be leading the fight to preserve affirmative action in higher education, but when it comes to affordability our president is awfully silent. With the largest endowment of any university in the nation, Harvard must change its ways and offer a top-notch program of financial...