Word: occurance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Silverglate supported his position, saying that instances of sexual harassment by professors occur only very rarely; so that such a school-wide standard is unnecessary...
...weekly meetings occur at which decisions are voted on for specific projects. The general meetings, though are important for "touching base with the entire membership" and setting the tone for the next semester, Beauregard said. All meetings are open to members, HCS alumni, and non-members who might be interested in becoming involved with a project...
...working conditions to improve, Reich said people must actively work to change the situation. "Consumer outrage and indignity won't allow this to occur," he said...
Stock-split mania is another version of this greater-fool investing. Yes, studies show that stocks of companies that split their shares outperform those that don't. But that's easy to explain. Splits naturally occur in the best stocks--the ones that go up. The split signals management confidence, but the heavy lifting is done by management execution that delivers earnings. Do that, and the stock will go up whether it splits or not. Just ask Buffett--whose shares have risen, on average, 28% a year since...
...that fits. Allusive and chronically understated, her images betray a lingering strain of bitterness. True, Gluck does not embrace the world without mediation, but her style feels like an homage to an emptiness that doesn't befit a poet who believes "true happiness" can occur "within this deception...