Word: pointedness
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The Sept. 11 hijackings pointed up serious lapses in air safety, and it turns out that roads are no less vulnerable. The trucking industry loses as much as $12 billion a year in cargo thefts, which often occur when gun-wielding crooks surprise drivers as they nap or refuel. The...
Incumbent Susana Segat pointed out that teachers are presently forced to deal with social issues beyond the realm of teaching.
Peavey: a heavy wooden lever with a pointed metal tip and hinged hook near the end, used by lumbermen in handling logs.
“We figured our fans would wonder what we were going to do, but the amount of hits we got was pretty amazing,” says Maria Schneider, a 10-year veteran of the writing staff of the popular humor newspaper, The Onion. “People...
But Ellison pointed out that the effect may dovetail with one of Summers’ other priorities—increasing the size of the faculty. With more teachers and smaller classes, there would not be the same need for graduate students to teach.