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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...resigned from a newspaper when her editors would not allow her to cover the same foreign beat as her journalist husband, and has just left another paper after being "emotionally battered" by her boss. In a variety of corporations Marilyn Wilt "encountered the glass ceiling again and again" and quit the business world to "empower" herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADCLIFFE '67: THE WAY WE ARE | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...aircraft was about 500 feet in the air, and about 100 yards off the coast itself, when the engine quit and it went straight down into the water," said Sheriff Norman Hicks. "It just sort of dove head first, straight down into the water...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: John Denver Dies in Plane Crash | 10/14/1997 | See Source »

...first choice is to "Quit." You think to yourself with pride: "I'm no quitter! I refuse to give up." The second is to "Debug," but it is cold out and all the bugs are gone for the winter so you don't click that. The last option is to see "Details" about the error that only remind you that you really are not a rocket scientist...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: Paper Lost? Tricks For Recovery | 10/14/1997 | See Source »

Reluctantly you return to choice one and quit. You are officially a loser as you watch your paper disappear from the screen. Of course, in your haste you had not saved it. And you call yourself a Harvard student...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: Paper Lost? Tricks For Recovery | 10/14/1997 | See Source »

...During a campaign, you get people engaged in the institution. As long as you don't quit paying attention to them, then they'll keep giving," Feagin said...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: $400 Million-Per-Year Fundraising Rate Will Continue After Campaign | 10/9/1997 | See Source »

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