Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those numbers late into the night, bending over their computers as a neon light buzzed overhead and their forgotten dinner--a pineapple-and-bacon pizza--grew rubbery and congealed. Over the course of hours, graphs and tables flashed on the screen and streamed from the printer in a growing pile. Finally, Breuer was ready to ask the computer his final questions...
...picture. One CEO is glorified as a hyperkinetic workaholic. Another is praised for the wisdom of adopting a measured pace and leaving plenty of time for long-term reflection. If she reads thick history books as an avocation, that's a plus. If she invariably lugs home a pile of spreadsheets, that's also a plus...
...ANGELES: Phil Hartman was a personality without a story, a successful "Saturday Night Live" graduate without a Belushi legend or a pile of lurid Farley stories. Hartman did impressions; he was a voice man; he perfected the persona of the likable jerk -- but he never really captured your imagination. You never wondered what he did at home...
...been damaged by tobacco, I am outraged at the charade of the U.S. government and the courts vs. Big Tobacco [WASHINGTON DIARY, May 4]. Americans often act out in protest: we pile up the shoes of gunshot victims, bemoan drunk drivers, mad bombers and pornography. Why not bring to justice the monstrous, lying hypocrites who have, in the name of egregious profit and bloated salaries, poisoned the lives of millions? RICHARD GRAHAM Qingdao, China...
...impression that administrators and students think the larger the number of requirements students are forced to endure, the more rigorous the concentration. Certain departments apparently subscribe to a motto of "pile 'em on," pushing tutorials and related field classes down unwilling concentrators' throats. Superficially these classes might seem to be for our own "edification," as we are told repeatedly by advisers. Instead, the plethora of requirements only leaves students frustrated with little time on their hands for classes that are more interesting and edifying...