Word: pinching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...isolate and regulate dangerous chemicals. At least five states, including New York, California and Connecticut, have passed Right to Know laws and more than a dozen state legislatures are currently considering similar provisions. Clearly, the issue will not go away nor can states afford to close their eyes or pinch pennies on protection. As one of the bill's proponents remarked in response to charges that the list of hazardous chemicals was too lengthy, "It', not our fault there are 40,000 toxic chemicals out there." When a single concern can more than amply fill the pages of a bimonthly...
Baranczak, who will be up for tenure in 1986, blames the tight academic job market for the difficulties foreign scholars have in getting employment. With all academics feeling the pinch, "It is understandable that a university would favor American citizens to reduce the tensions of the job market," he says, adding that "American natives have certain advantages in getting tenure more quickly than scholars from Eastern Europe, for example." At some universities, American-born Slavic scholars have been preferred for tenure over Polish refugees with weak English skills. In matters of tenure, "There shouldn't be an exception for people...
...remember when I saw you in a high chair," one little girl was told with the pinch of her cheek. "So what?" she demanded, pulling her color-coded class cap further down over her eyes...
...unbelievable," said People Express President Donald Burr, 41, who at the last minute decided to take the maiden flight. "We've been flying for only two years, and we have to pinch ourselves to realize we're starting service to London." His fellow passengers were equally ecstatic. Said Robin Raines, 28, an aspiring actress from New York City: "You can't beat this price. For once, I'm jet-setting." People plans to fly five 747 round trips between Newark and London weekly. The airline already has more than 35,000 requests for reservations...
...with two down in the top of the ninth, pinch hitter Gelean Cambell faced an 0-2 count. He took the next pitch over the left field fence for his first career homer...