Word: offers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Only one black student out of the 11 admitted to the University of Texas Law School's class 2,000 accepted an offer to join a class of roughly 500 in the fall, but he backed out, intimidated by the media attention surrounding his decision...
Meanwhile, the trailer park, long one of America's least vaunted institutions, the Cheez Whiz of vacation destinations, has been enjoying a concomitant makeover. Some offer golf courses and health clubs. While the price of real estate has kept the number of private parks like Kampgrounds of America and Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park more or less constant, public parks have expanded their RV facilities to attract people who want the great outdoors without too much of the out-of-doors part. "People don't want to sleep on the ground as much as they used to," says Debbie Brunaforte...
...Online the possibility of losing vancomycin as a weapon against Staphylococcus is cause for concern. "It would become very serious, because there are not many other antibiotics that could be active against the organism," he said. Sapico added, however, that new medications under development in the U.S. and Europe offer hope of a new way to combat new Staphylococcus strains into the next century...
...Wireless two weeks ago after Steven Hooper quit to join his old boss, Craig McCaw, at Nextel. The job hopping is one more sign of growing pains in an industry that has bedeviled its customers with too many confusing choices--even as it has begun to offer real competition for the first time...
...intern at Vine, wrote, "We try to get parent participation by sending home the weekly behavior charts of the students to be signed. However, no parents have sent their child's back. Also, homework given to the children is never brought back." In her response, mentor Cheryl Hilen wrote, "Offer bonus points, an incentive, or special privilege for kids who bring them back. Make a big deal about...