Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...N.A.A.C.P.'s rank and file. But his quick start has rattled some of the association's Old Guard, who consider him too radical. Many resent the association's endorsement of President Bill Clinton's plan to lift the ban on gays in the military. Others criticize Chavis' scheme for going global as too grandiose for a group that has more than twice as many inactive members (1.2 million) as dues-paying participants...
...problems they face aren't. A 15-year-old boy is falling in with the wrong crowd on the streets. A single mother tries to put her life back together after drug rehabilitation. The manager of a clothing store owned by the Mob is lured into a steroid-fencing scheme by an old friend. A high school basketball star is benched for a bad attitude, ruining his chance to impress a college scout. All the action takes place over a single weekend; there are crises and confrontations, small changes but no big conclusions...
John Hammond is a man in love with an idea. Inspired by motives of applied science and pure profit, he has pursued a scheme to clone dinosaurs from their preserved dna and show off the brand-new behemoths on an island preserve. He has imperiled some noted scientists, and even his two young grandchildren, by inviting them to inspect the park before it is ready. Dino disaster awaits...
...anything special against Liz Berkery," laughs Maryland Head Coach Cindy Timchal. "You mean besides changing my entire defensive scheme and switching defenders constantly to try to stop...
Harvard's new recruiting scheme may expand the applicant pool but does little to increase the yield, or percentage of students who decide to matriculate. And when other colleges are flaunting offers of perks and scholarships. Harvard's perceived indifference and inattentiveness seems to become yet another reason for them not to want to come...