Word: quirkly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year in the country's No. 1 dairy state, may have retired the award by pulling off his own fleece. Both the Senate and House had agreed that pending the passage of a new farm bill, dairy supports should remain unchanged, rather than being allowed under a legal quirk to revert to a higher rate on Sept. 30, when the 1977 farm law expired. But Proxmire blocked single-handed the compromise measure for a month. By then, more than $1 million had been spent in additional dairy subsidies...
Many American economists now predict a reduction in inflation to around 8% by year's end, and growth in real terms of a modest 2.3%. Said Brittan: "A lot of the relative optimism depends on a quirk in your Consumer Price Index, which can show substantial short-term fluctuations with little change in the underlying rate of inflation." The annual core inflation rate in the U.S., which is closely linked to wage rates, is now about...
...struggle to find legislative relief from this most recent quirk of the IRS has been carried on by publishers' associations working with sympathetic members of Congress. Those of us whose professional and educational aspirations are tied to free access to published works of scholarship must join in this effort to protect publishers' backlists. Students and faculty alike should question Congressional candidates closely to determine their awareness of this issue and should in any event write to Russel Long, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, to voice support for legislation exempting publishers from the Thor ruling. Heather E. Cole Librarian...
Because of a quirk in the rules, Harvard could only send one singles entry to Amherst. But that proved to be enough as Bougas cruised past three opponents in straight sets to nab the title. Bougas dispatched Cathy Lynch of Boston College, 6-0, 6-0, in the second round to set up a showdown with an old nemesis, B.C.'s Bernadette Diaz, in the finale...
Archer maintains that most people can improve their S.I. simply by staying alert to subtle clues, just as a criminal learns to spot a plainclothesman by some quirk of manner or dress, or a basketball star tells a head fake from a real jump shot by some giveaway preliminary movement. He even has a solution to the age-old problem of how to choose the quickest line at a fast-food restaurant: go for the one with the most young adults wearing backpacks; they generally turn out to be students or bicycle riders ordering only for themselves...