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...preserve us, finds a better job somewhere else. That person has to be replaced and can probably be replaced for less pay than the person who left. The number of applicants for the job may be a hundred times what it was a year ago. The employer has the pick of a large and almost certainly qualified field...
...Interior scoring is one of Brown's strong points, however. A layup cuts the lead to one, as the Crimson need to pick it up on defense. 8-2 Bears run. Harvard 37, Brown...
...fair president takes to the pages of The New Republic this week to review a new book by James M. McPherson, the "dean of Civil War historians," she says. (A reassuring description. If she is going to take her hand off the the University's helm to pick up a pen, at least we know she can't do it without thinking about deans...
There's another paradox: if Pat gets sick enough to need dialysis, as he well may, the Federal Government will pick up those staggering costs under the Medicare program for end-stage renal disease. But until that point is reached - and the goal is to keep him from getting there - his options are limited. Now that he is sick, it would be nearly impossible for him to purchase another insurance policy on the individual market. Since he lives independently and holds a job, it would be difficult for him to qualify for Social Security disability benefits. While Texas, like...
...will be competing trunk to trunk. In case you're wondering, the tournament is sanctioned by the World Elephant Polo Association, which set game regulations in 1982. (Two key rules: elephants are not allowed to lie down in front of the goal, and they must resist the temptation to pick up the ball with their trunks...