Word: planked
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...even if Harvard agreed to such a commitment this afternoon, the changeover would take years, with full-time positions created through normal attrition as other part-time workers leave. Unlike a wage floor, which would become a non-issue as long as it is regularly adjusted for inflation, this plank of PSLM’s platform could stay on the front burner as long as there are part-time workers at Harvard...
...pulled from her grasp, then her two-year-old, both disappearing into the mass of people struggling to get out of the cabin. The next thing she remembers, Rokaya was out in the open ocean, kicking desperately to stay afloat when her husband Raad suddenly appeared pushing a wooden plank toward her and asking, "Where are the girls? Where are my girls...
...increase over the departure rate during the first half of 2000. "There is so much scrutiny now that it is very hard to hide mistakes," says John Challenger, chief executive of CGC. When a company's stock drops for several quarters, "the CEO is going to walk the plank." Tech executives led the exodus for 11 months through May, but they have since been joined by CEOs from a diverse group of companies, including Maytag and Advantage Schools...
...truck last year added fuel to a debate about who should be entitled to enter and remain in the country. Is Britain a "soft touch"? Does it need more foreign workers, or fewer? There is no consensus. William Hague has made the temporary detention of asylum seekers a central plank of his campaign, responding to anxieties in some towns where asylum seekers are now housed. It opened him to charges of racism, but the stance is popular among his core voters...
...part of the first platform plank, the Gusmorino-led council worked to have the College extend party curfews by one hour on weekends...