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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Union Even in Adams and Quincy--which try hard to hide their reuseable cups--have mugs or glasses that you can use. Bring your own mug for take-out coffee--it's nicer than paper anyway. Save old handouts and notices and write your rough-drafts of papers, problem sets or letters on the back of them, instead if using fresh paper. Take lecture notes on both sides of each sheet of paper in notebooks or yellow pads. Use handkerchiefs instead of paper tissues--they are cheaper; they don't break; they absorb well and they worked fine...
...Overall, we did well. We played hard in the first half, but we let them get away from us in the third period and lost control and morale in the fourth," said senior Eric Bentley, who scored three goals from his hole-man position. "Our main problem in the second half was that no one was a big offensive threat. We needed a better balance between our outside shooting, driving and hole-play. We'll work on coordinating our offense this week...
Coupled with this was the problem for young conductors trying to learn their repertory out of the spotlight. An overnight success could make a name, but at what cost? Michael Tilson Thomas, for example, sprang to fame in Boston by substituting for William Steinberg and then spent the next two decades dealing with the consequences of sudden celebrity. Still only 44, Thomas has matured into a fine conductor, and now leads the London Symphony Orchestra. Perhaps in recognition of the pitfalls of premature success, Soviet emigre Semyon Bychkov, 37, started out in Grand Rapids and then went to Buffalo before...
...than half the rate of a few years ago. Says Rod Canion, president of Houston-based Compaq: "The rules are changing, and it's very difficult for the big-computer makers to accept." At the other end of the spectrum, some PC makers are getting hit with a different problem: a glut of machines. Says Michael Dell, who heads an Austin-based PC maker that bears his name: "There are no more places on the shelf for another computer. There are more than you'd ever want to name...
...will only put my literature in a mailbox," Danehy said, adding that he gives all his campaign workers similar instructions so as to circumvent the litter problem...