Word: rung
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just how much personal sacrifice does it require to be an academic married to an academic? To a large degree, the type and the extent of the sacrifice depends on what rung of the career ladder each spouse...
...spots. Asked by the Senate subcommittee what he would have done if he had known about the cold spots, Moore replied, "I would have asked more questions about what the readings indicated." Said Tennessee's Senator Albert Gore Jr.: "The record calls into question the way alarm bells are rung and heard" at NASA...
...accurate to call the homeless the bottom rung of society; they are off the ladder altogether. They are the dispossessed, the outcasts. People may be driven onto the street for any number of reasons, but once they're there, it's difficult for them to leave. Christopher Blanchard, who spent two years on the street and now works for the Coalition for the Homeless, says "Many street people feel they are subject to forces beyond their control." Locked in a cycle of despair and helplessness, they tend to rationalize their position, trying to convince themselves and others that they "want...
...going to make movies." Right now, though, the sort of movie that makes money--perhaps as much as $1 billion over five years--lasts half an hour, has a laugh track and is called Cheers or The Cosby Show. "Syndicating TV series, that's where the cash register is rung in this business," notes Anthony Hoffman, media analyst for Union Bank. "For the major studios involved in TV sitcoms, producing motion pictures is like playing polo on weekends. It's fun, but not crucial to their livelihood...
...rung up all its goals of late, the Crimson has compiled some fascinating figures. Right now, Harvard opponents are stopping just 81.6 percent of the icemen's shots, which means, of course, that the Crimson is connecting on over 18 percent of its shots...