Word: posing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whatever length of service, in small companies or sprawling conglomerates, everyone from floor sweepers to senior executives is facing the possibility of job loss. Despite the merits of restructuring, corporations seem well aware that their new austerity moves pose unprecedented challenges for their employees. By and large, affected firms are trying to ease the pain. More companies than ever before are relying on early-retirement schemes and generous severance packages to entice voluntary resignations as a means of meeting slimming goals. For some employees, no amount of compensation can adequately make up for the loss...
Cornell is led by its All-ECAC center, Joe Nieuwendyk, who has flipped in 15 goals this year. He leads the team in scoring with 32 points. Chris Norton (10-18--28) and Andy Craig (12-14--26) also pose scoring threats...
...mechanic at O'Hare found a damaged duct on a DC-9's engine in April and reported to his supervisor that it would pose a fire hazard if the engine overheated. The supervisor nonetheless cleared the aircraft to take off for Pittsburgh. The horrified mechanic called FAA but could not reach an official before the plane left Chicago. In Pittsburgh, FAA grounded the aircraft while the engine was replaced. The pilot had not been warned that he was flying with a potential fire problem...
...crash, experts believe. One if not both of the pilots probably saw the other plane coming. That chilling fact confirms what experienced flyers already know: simply spotting an oncoming plane is not enough to avoid it. The pilot must then gauge whether the other craft's speed and bearing pose a threat. In crowded airspace, the risk of error is high...
Atwood's writing is formidably disciplined; she keeps her characters at a distance. The finest piece in this collection, The Sunrise, suggests some of the author's strategies. Yvonne, an artist, follows men whose aspects interest her. She tracks them down in the street and induces them to pose for portraits in her studio. She never chooses subjects with "capped-looking teeth," who display themselves as if their faces were "pictures already, finished, varnished, impermeable." Instead, she prefers odd-looking men, like a punk artist with an orange Mohawk, one of her most inspired characterizations. Yvonne suspects that...