Word: preferments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...direct lending plan, however, would save about $1 billion in federal dollars per year by reducing default rates, she said. In fact, she said, Harvard would prefer the proposed change to the current system, by which banks receive interest from students in return for loans...
...progress. The few concrete results to date are minor, and the public knows the difference. With the exception of Gerald Ford (whose pardon of Richard Nixon rocked the nation), Clinton has a disapproval rating higher than that of any other President at a comparable point. New polls show voters prefer lower taxes and fewer services over higher taxes for more services, a rebuke to the essence of Clinton's program. Perhaps most distressing for the President, for the first time since the euphoria that greeted his election, a large plurality of Americans think the nation is on "the wrong track...
While Kleinfelder would prefer the Jean Claude van Damme approach--blow opponents out and ask questions later--she can be pleased by the fact that the squad manages to find different ways to win every game...
...unclear how long Spicer will pursue guard complaints with public agencies and hold back from taking Harvard to court. MCAD, for example, can award damages or reinstate a person to their job. In some cases, labor lawyers prefer to switch such cases to the courts before MCAD reaches a decision...
...close, and many more are up for sale. Yuri Hirota, mama-san at the Club 48, used to keep an employee at the phone all night doing nothing but summoning hard-to-get taxis. Now cabs can be hailed by stepping out the door, but penny-pinching customers prefer to take trains -- and since the last ones leave for far-out suburbs around midnight, the club is emptying out early...