Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...expands his regimen. Last time he was there, he swam 2,100 ft. each day in three 700-ft. (14 laps) installments in the outdoor heated pool. Ford likes setting specific goals. These limits both push him a little farther than he might go sometimes and let him quit before he might other times. He churned up and down in the otherwise snowy landscape. He walked a good deal at Camp David and gave the snowmobiles a couple of quick turns through the forest...
...expect to see any real easing of inflation until governments quit coddling the public to the extent that the natural corrective forces of a free economy are deliberately thwarted by overprotectiveness...
While sitting with a dying friend four years ago, William Roberts was struck by the grim isolation of the deathbed. "It seemed to me," he says, "that dying people were treated in a cold, almost cavalier manner." Suffering from diabetes, Roberts, now 50, quit his job a year ago as a partner at Spencer-Roberts, a California political public relations agency, and resolved to do something about the way people die. The result is Threshold, a new Los Angeles business that has trained and will supply "death companions" to help ease lonely, dying clients out of the world. The cost...
...physical handicaps are clearly greater than originally thought. The court is now prepared to settle in and operate without Douglas until he determines whether to return or retire. "I've known Douglas a long time," says one friend. "He's got an iron will and may never quit. But he's also very proud, and might find it difficult to carry on when he's obviously not the man he once was-when he can't walk onto the bench on his own power...
Karen G. Wilson '75, who also waited in line to sign up yesterday morning, said people are coming earlier every week to sign up for interviews. She said she has quit a part-time job just to sign up for interviews early enough. "It's really crazy." Wilson said...