Word: recruited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dayton Herald took on a gifted but erratic recruit after Bombeck graduated from the university. As a reporter, she recalls, "I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order." Even with her shorthand, she says, "I could never get the knack of listening and taking notes at the same time." She would get excited and forget to write things down, and "everyone I interviewed ended up sounding like me. I did that with Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Eisenhower." The idea of Eleanor...
...Right now, there is some question of whether college seminaries are worth it," says Holsworth. "We've never had to recruit before. We are starting to change our admission procedures and need some direction...
...well as religious materials going to far-flung Muslims in Malaysia, Indonesia and, of course, Pakistan. To these regular shipments, the Afghans would sometimes add a few cases of arms, specially coded for quick detection by their colleagues. "We began modestly, because we were new to the game," one recruit says. "But as we got the hang of it, we were gradually able to increase the volume...
...level University officials, the Black activists explored the idea of a new committee to monitor Harvard's efforts to hire Black faculty and staff. Their leg-work came to fruition this spring when Bok agreed to the creation of an ad hoc group to recommend new ways to better recruit, attract and hold on to Black faculty and administrators...
...college so Tufts can study it and meet the competition." Smaller schools that cannot afford to give many merit scholarships tend to lose out in such contests. Says President Patsy Sampson of Stephens College, a Missouri women's school with an enrollment of 1,100: "Many times we recruit outstanding students who have no financial need, but another college will offer them a substantial scholarship and literally buy them away from...