Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...particular, Garsd said in the memo that someof the figures on sulfuric acid levels in onecity's air suddenly dropped, suggesting arecording error...
...remember scoring 90 points in a long time," Friel said. "This particular win means as much as any we've had, given the conditions the kids were playing under. It was very important for us to get that first...
...frivolous or preliminary investigation, but instead carries with it the implicit charge that Harvard has not acted properly in its admissions policies. According to Gary L. Curran, special assistant to the assistant secretary of education, such reviews "must be based upon information that we receive that there is a particular problem in a particular school...
Plausible, perhaps, but Herrington argued otherwise. "I have run this on a nonpolitical basis," he maintains. "We were picking the best from the best, and it is clear that the Texas site is superior." In particular, the site 28 miles south of Dallas and completely surrounding the town of Waxahachie (pop. 18,300) was rated "outstanding" on four criteria and "good" on two others, clearly outperforming the competition. The best alternative was Tennessee, with three "outstandings," two "goods" and one "satisfactory." Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Illinois and North Carolina rounded out the pack. Moreover, Texas volunteered to throw $1 billion...
Bono, the band's vocalist and lyric writer, had been fretting over this problem for some time. "The music of U2 is in space somewhere," he told Bob Dylan. "There is no particular musical roots or heritage for us. In Ireland there is a tradition, but we've never plugged into it." Dylan, who has nurtured and torn up a few roots in his time, knew just what to say: "Well, you have to reach back into music. You have to reach back...