Word: pooled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...another set of issues. At school, I have become accustomed to reading the newspapers strewn across the floor of the bathroom stall so that I may learn something new while using the facilities. After all, at a prestigious intellectual institution like Harvard, even dropping the kids off at the pool (if you know what I mean) should be an academic pursuit. By the same token, whenever I bring a newspaper into the bathroom with me, I am generous enough to leave it on the floor for others to read. The result is a free, thriving library of various newspapers, periodicals...
Many Weissman interns spoke highly of the self-selective nature of the application process, noting that those students who ultimately receive awards tend to find internships they are deeply committed to pursuing. The challenges of finding an internship abroad also narrow the pool of applicants...
During his sophomore year, Gore spent Friday nights at the movies with the guys, around a dusty pool table in the Dunster basement or amid a deck of playing cards...
...addition of a talented pool of over a dozen freshmen brought the meet to a climax, as each got out her jitters to register a blazing time...
...phone with the Democratic Lieutenant Governor, Bob Bullock, and in a matter of minutes hammered out a compromise that saved the bill. Even though the deal angered some of Bush's allies in the business community, he stuck by it. "He's like the guy at the pool party who sort of walks up to the diving board and does a double twist with a flip," Sibley says now. "He made it look easy...