Word: parent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Parent and alumni complaints about several recent, well-publicized instances of musical indiscretion led to the council's action. During a game several years ago, television coverage was interrupted when Yale's band dropped its pants in front of the cameras...
...attempting to become nationwide financial centers that could eventually provide a shopper's choice of money services ranging from life insurance to traveler's checks. This trend got a big push in March when Prudential Insurance offered to pay $385 million to buy Bache Group Inc., parent company of Bache Halsey Stuart Shields, the sixth largest U.S. broker. Said James D. Robinson III, 45, chairman of American Express, after the agreement was reached: "We used to say, 'Don't leave home without us.' Now we've added, 'Don't be home without...
...head of the family. I had taken the precaution to sound him on "obey" in the marriage pact and found he did not approve of the term. Approval or no approval, that word "obey" would have to be let out, I had served my time of tutelage to my parent, as the other half of the head of the family. His word and my word would have equal strength...
...joint effort to position two satellites-one American, the other European-in great, looping orbits around the poles of the sun. These solar regions have never before been inspected by technically equipped robots from earth, and such satellites could help answer important questions about the behavior of our parent star: How does it affect terrestrial climate and weather? Is it warming up or cooling...
...stronger men, like his father, to guide him. He was being readied for a kingship that "more and more depends on personal example," remarked the late Earl Mountbatten, who is considered to have had as strong an influence on Charles' life as any teacher-or even any parent. The politics of the future King of England are not a matter for the public record, although Mountbatten pointed out that "Charles is completely devoid of color prejudice. He just can't understand what the prejudices can be about. In this respect, the Queen, Philip and Charles are the complete...