Word: plug
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bracing for a funding shortfall in 2009 even as she anticipates that volunteer numbers will rise by as much as a third. That's a tough combo. Still, says Yoder, "if someone tells us they don't have money but they have time, we'll find a way to plug them...
...Barons profiles other do-gooders, including Andy Frank, who created the plug-in hybrid car, but those stories are less compelling than Humes' description of Tompkins. The book starts to feel repetitive as we're introduced to one extraordinary green after another. But Humes' ultimate point is well taken: at the very moment when the government began abdicating its responsibilities to the environment, the eco-barons stepped in. "We'd be years behind where we are now without these individuals," says Humes. (Read about Chevy's electric...
...feds let the Post and the Rocky merge business operations in 2001, the latter was officially designated the "failing paper." After that, the Rocky tried to stage a comeback, even winning a few Pulitzer Prizes. But its circulation, like the Post's, dwindled. By the time Scripps pulled the plug, the subscriber rolls stood at 210,000, about even with the Post...
...ability to hit for average, get on base, and steal. O’Hara and Albright also posted solid averages last season, but will be expected to drive the ball more this year as well. With the lineup nearly set, and a host of competent freshmen ready to plug any remaining holes, Harvard has reason for measured optimism regarding its offense. It’s the status of the Crimson’s pitching staff that remains up in the air. Juniors Eric Eadington and Jonathan Strangio are both out for the season because of Tommy John surgery and shoulder...
...with their brand of Dashboard Confessional rock. General pop-punk gave way to one or two good slow burners. The five song set was highlighted by their new track “Cut Like a Knife” which showed a lot of promise, but a between-song MySpace plug seemed to turn off a few crowd members. It wasn’t really clear which of the band members were Harvard students as they definitely had an older look. Also of note was the lead guitarist’s hilarious Michael Jordan tongue wag solo face...