Word: pounded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...September, a steady stream of the completed applications trickles into Geraghty's Pound Hall office. In a matter of months, the office is inundated with paperwork. Under a system of rolling admissions, most candidates are notified of the committee's decision within four weeks, making Harvard the fastest law school, Geraghty says. "We tell you right away," she explains. The first denials are mailed before Thanksgiving--just in time to ruin the holiday...
...pound PC Portable is similar in function and capability to the PC, but is a one-piece unit that folds into an oversized brief case...
...Mensa sorority) clues Buckaroo Banzai as very chic scifi. Lithgow, the movies' Mr. Versatile (transsexual jock in The World According to Garp, bumbling lover in Terms of Endearment, incendiary preacher in Footloose), here does a manic turn as Dr. Lizardo; it is as if old mad Ezra Pound were played by Klaus Kinski. And Weller-his cobalt eyes borrowed from Paul Newman, his iron jaw from D.C. Comics-makes a stalwart Renaissance man for the atomic...
...rate sun has risen over what used to be called the British Empire. That at least is the view from the far side of the Atlantic, as the dollar registers historic highs against the pound. For 2.5 million American travelers a year, a vacation in England-with frequent visits to its hallowed tourist lure, the theater-never looked so good. Britons may complain that some musicals, like the American import On Your Toes, are charging record ticket prices (nearly $20), but these are still lower than the cheapest admissions to most Broadway shows, and not a few off-Broadway...
EUROPE. The Old World remains the American's favorite overseas destination, and Britain is the most popular spot. A record 2.5 million U.S. visitors may see the British Isles this year, attracted partly by a pound worth about $1.30 today, in contrast with $1.50 last year and more than $2.30 in 1980. "Trading this summer has been fantastic, and we put it to the drop in the pound," says Roy Stephens, managing director of London's jumbo-size Selfridges department store...