Word: secretly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...story of one among many students who waits for a letter offering congratulations or complete rejection. I have tried everything possible, including daily harassing phone calls to staffers, and I still await an answer. When you look around at others in section, realize that they too are harboring secret fears about letters or e-mail message. Like myself, they too are hiding failures from parents, friends or roommates. Perhaps as you read this I will have received my phone call of glory carrying me into the promised summer job land. Then again, I might be filling out an application...
...secret of its success? Landmark lacks est's showcase celebrity following, but its programs are not as costly (tuition is down some 50% from Erhard days); they are not as lengthy (the basic course was originally spread over two weekends); and--most important--they are less in-your-face, nearly devoid of the shouting and door monitoring imposed by est's stern trainers. Says a former estie who attended a 1997 Forum: "est was much more militant. You had to have a doctor's note just to go to the bathroom. People humiliated themselves for it. est tried to break...
...steaming into the Persian Gulf bearing its complement of attack aircraft to begin the bombing of Iraq. In Washington, the U.S. national-security apparatus continued its countdown to armed conflict. The prospects for war largely depended on sensitive diplomatic negotiations centered on the U.N. Inside knowledge of those secret discussions could give an adversary or even an ally an edge over Washington, as the White House struggled to prevent countries like France and Russia from letting Saddam Hussein off the hook...
...dirty little secret of the Dems seemed to be slipping into the open and the much-needed "Who are we?" debate seemed to be beginning...
...always an exercise in creative futility, a time to pay attention to the sports page for a day and then feel ready to donate a few dollars to the more sports-savvy (and lucky) among us. Since our teams have lost, Dartboard can feel free to tell you the secret of its guaranteed non-success: picking teams based on the same criteria used to choose which university to attend. If Dartboard applied there, it was picked to go far. Schools that rejected us were chosen to lose in the first round...