Word: pools
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...first glance, Ashong appears to be a typical American college student. He wears a black leather jacket and chunky loafers. He loves rap and Prince and "In Living Color." He has pool parties each summer. His accent--long a's and clipped o's--is buried beneath student slang and an Afro-American inflection...
...number of people who have the required kinds of experience, temperment, knowledge of the institution and talent is a very small pool," he adds. "It's not a postion in which you want to place an untested person...
Fish recalls reading an article in The New York Times which determined that if "you gave up your deferment by Dec. 31 [and] at the end of the year, [the government] still hadn't gotten to your number, you were put in an extended pool of eligibility, and if there were no call-ups, you would then be put in an [even] lower pool of eligibility...
...there is a shortage of highly-trained workers in Massachusetts. Companies have dozens, even hundreds of unfilled, high-wage positions. One fact is clear: our policies should be targeted at expanding the pool of highly-skilled workers. Our strategy should reinforce Massachusetts' leadership in higher education and create incentives for individuals to invest in their own educational advancement...
Lemmon typically spends at least one hour a day improvising on the keyboard. He regularly plays at the AT & T and Bob Hope gold tournaments. He is also frequently seen losing to friend Peter Falk ("Colombo") in pool...