Word: result
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most cases result because parents delay vaccination of their children, recommended at 15 months, until they are ready for school and need a certificate of vaccination. The National Association of Children's Hospitals reports that only 60% of children under the age of 4 receive the shots. Yet the increasing use of day care brings children together earlier and increases the need for protection...
...result of this outpouring of pride, black colleges have seen their endowments rising. The United Negro College Fund reported a record $44.1 million in contributions for its past fiscal year. Bill Cosby's announcement in November that he would donate $20 million to Spelman College, the Atlanta institution from which his daughter graduated, was another dollar sign of support from black parents...
RICHARD BURTON: A LIFE by Melvyn Bragg (Little, Brown; $22.95). This meticulous biography includes generous quotations from the subject's letters and his 350,000-word private diary; the result is a portrait of a vivid actor who approached language with the same passion he lavished on Elizabeth Taylor...
...they did a deal. What's more, it seems like an advantageous deal all around. The buyer avoided a lifetime of dialysis. The seller provided crucial help to his child, at minimum risk to himself. (According to the Economist, the chance of a kidney donor's dying as a result of the loss...
Clara N. Lee '89, one of the conference organizers, said, "There have been a lot of unconnected programs in the past and as a result there has been a lot of reinvention of the wheel...