Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reality, life has gone downhill since I turned in my thesis, and I hold April wholly responsible. First of all, it's amazing how much work can pile up when you totally ignore three courses for the sake of one project. And it's amazing how the thought of returning to Harvard in September to take a second shot at the Social Analysis requirement can resuscitate long-dormant study habits...
...from AIDS experts has ranged from "drivel" to "hogwash." U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop promptly called the work "irresponsible" and accused Masters and Johnson of "scare tactics." "There are no scientific data to support these alarming statements," warned Dr. Stephen Joseph, New York City's health commissioner. "They pile their statements, each holding a thin layer of established fact, on top of one another like slices of bologna." Many criticized the trio for first publishing their findings in a mass-market book, which was excerpted last week in Newsweek, instead of in a scientific journal where their data would...
...publisher's only sensible gamble, of course, was that Rothchild would lose. Had the nearly impossible happened and Rothchild transformed his modest pile into $5 million or $10 million, the book project would have lost its urgency. If he had finished the year with, say, $25,500, a respectable profit of more than 50%, a book would have been pointless. Who needs How I Made $9,000 by Incredibly Shrewd Investing? Though Rothchild may not have realized this at the outset, only calamity could produce a level of melodrama salable in bookstores. (He is not a member of the illustrious...
...that is only the beginning of the possibilities. Most airlines have worked out reciprocal frequent-flyer deals with rental-car companies. When customers rent cars, they earn mileage with the affiliated airline; when they & pile up enough miles, they get discounts on future car rentals. At Avis, customers get credit for 500 miles when they rent a car in connection with a Northwest flight. Since the carriers have similar arrangements with hotel chains, frequent flyers can put together a deluxe vacation package. Example: logging 75,000 miles on Eastern or Continental wins two round-trip tickets to Europe or South...
...problem. It makes it more of a challenge," Wechsler says. "I like biking in the winter more. Sometimes it's a bit of a problem with clueless pedestrians. They expect you to drive over a pile of snow when they can just as easily step aside...