Word: rubbed
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...powerful since he replaced Hale Champion now executive dean at the Kennedy School, in 1977. His Influence stems not from an unusually close relationship with Bok, but from his responsibility for the University's approximately 50 separate budgets, each of which operates independently under a system known as "every rub on its own bottom...
...Panama's private sector. The rightist guard leadership had been grumbling especially loudly in recent weeks that changes in the government were long overdue, even though Royo's term in office was not scheduled to expire until 1984. In an interview three weeks ago, National Guard Commander Rubén Dario Paredes mused: "Twenty-four more months, it's a bit long." When Royo's decision to quit the presidency became known, there were few doubts that the National Guard had forced him to resign and that the country Torrijos had kept balanced between the extremes...
...hand reaches out tentatively. Years of haranguing ("Keep your greasy fingers off the TV!") have made the screen taboo. But when the child sees that his finger causes the image to change, learns that his touch magically provokes new pictures, sequences, words and diagrams, his hand begins to jab, rub and slap the screen. Curiosity, once aroused, is satisfied by simply touching a picture of what one wants to understand. This process is re-enacted thousands of times every day at the U.S. Pavilion at Energy Expo '82 (a.k.a. the Knoxville, Tenn., World's Fair) as exuberant children...
...addition to his unparalleled skill, Flynn actually owns his own video center. In short, he has everything a man could desire. So what's the rub? Well, as a former employee of Encom, a leading video manufacturer, Flynn invented many of the most popular games on the market. But through the dirty dealings of one Dellinger, now chief executive of the company, Flynn was cheated out of fame and fortune. Using his home terminal, he searches the corporation's computer memory for proof that he was robbed...
...promises that even if it doesn't rub off, his enthusiasm will last. He will stay active in Harvard-related activities, which no doubt makes Wadsworth House and all future fund-raisers very happy. "I'll be a supporter. I'll be as active as I can. Whatever I can give...