Word: recruited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Until this week Walker was untainted. His life read like a fairy tale. It began with a brilliant high school football career. Walker amassed over 6000 yards rushing and by the spring of 1980 was the top high school recruit in the nation. College offers streamed in, and Walker chose the University of Georgia and its coach, Vince Dooley...
While most Harvard sport-goers would expect Phills to have worn wresting tights at birth, he didn't don his first pair until his second year in high school. More surprisingly, Harvard didn't even recruit him for wrestling...
...like a drop of fresh blood injected into the body of our team." Oberg said of Ford. Harvard's recent recruit from Australia and internationally recognized distance swimmer. "Tim's 9 34 4 shows that he doesn't need stiff competition to post a great time...
Kodak is one of a growing number of recession-plagued companies that are trying to make their payrolls lean without being mean. Seeking to avoid demoralizing layoffs, many corporate managers are designing special incentives, sometimes called open windows, to recruit volunteers who are eager, or at least willing, to resign or retire. Most such offers are good for a limited time only, because the companies want to trim, not decimate, their staffs. Kodak's program began Jan. 4 and expires...
...piece of colored tape strategically placed on a pillar in a shopping center would also signal a rendezvous. Over a nine-month period the Mountie received $30,500; then Canadian police blew the whistle. The case proved to be a classic counterespionage sting. After the Soviets tried to recruit him, the Mountie had informed his superiors, who encouraged him to play along. The scandal resulted in the expulsion of 13 Soviet diplomats...