Word: orderers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Atlantic and publicized in two-page advertisements in several major newspapers. The ads stated: "We have joined together to urge our fellow Americans and this nation's leaders to rise above politics as usual to set aside differences--of party, region, ideology, and even immediate self-interest--in order to resolve our worsening economic problems before its too late." Peterson asserts, quite correctly, that the nation has been living beyond its means: spending and consuming too much, collecting and producing too little, and borrowing the difference...
...Oxford plays a important role in student traditions. Exam results are posted by name, not I.D. number, "on a sheet of paper tacked on the wall of the senate house." In the maths tripos, the results are read from the top of a balcony in the senate house in order of finish to the assembled students and then thrown off the balcony, Taylor says...
Kaplan said she considered it necessary for the federal appelate court to overturn Garrity's rulings, in order to make it clear that anti-discrimination laws cover gender discrimination as well as overt sexual harassment...
...Council also approved a non-binding order asking "those or that government agency which is responsible for homeless matters" to create a formula for the amount of shelter Cambridge should provide to homeless people. The order also set minimum standards for rooms that the city provides for the homeless. Finally, it endorsed plans to involve other Boston-area towns in a "network" of shelters to even out the burden on towns with overcrowded facilities...
...food is hearty, and some standards survive, like the thick French toast and trout served in the mountains. Anyone who suffered the vending-machine fare of the 1970s appreciates the fact that the food is prepared -- or at least thawed -- on board, with good sirloin steaks grilled to order in the evenings...