Word: seal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...professor, who refused to be identified, adds, "Harvard is gigantically attractive to people who are nearly first rate--it puts the seal of approval on their careers. But if you're at the top, you don't need that kudos...
Vukovich allowed no more hits the entire game, but it was too late. Milwaukee picked up two runs on Paul Molitor's fifth inning inside the park homer, but Kison retired the last 13 Brewers he faced to seal the victory...
...Sansone diligently worked the floor--greeting, chatting and pleading with delegates--as the convention dealt with the race for lieutenant governor. The eventual victor of that seven-way, five-ballot, seven-hour battle was Evelyn Murphy, a former state secretary of environmental affairs. But ironically, Murphy's triumph helped seal her fellow female's fate at the convention. The reason in part for Sansone's drubbing, according to state political pundits: the convention wasn't yet comfortable endorsing two women for the same ticket...
Reagan can't throw his weight around as easily as Thatcher, but he's certainly got the ability to encourage industrial compromise. The government's seal of approval was evident on the comeback of the Chrysler Corp., which quietly reported large profits last quarter. The agreement in that case: The United Auto Workers permitted fewer immediate benefits, in return for a spot on Chrysler's board of directors. By contrast, look at the recent demise of the Checker Cab Company. Its employees refused to make short-term concessions; they ended up without a company--or jobs...
Although Falklanders, as before, leave their doors unlocked at night, the islands experienced two murders last year, their first since a celebrated case in 1900 when a black cook successfully turned a seal-hunting rifle on two white tormentors...