Word: sinking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sink or Swim...
Many of us who didn't face long walks instead had to contend with rooms in various states of disrepair. In my Leverett room, upon arrival, four of six window screens were broken, paint was chipped on the walls, heaters and ceiling. The toilet seat was broken, sink faucets leaked, the door basket was ripped off, a light fixture was missing, a door handle was loose and curtains did not close...
...consequence, Wilson predicts, is that "most of the welfare mothers who reach the five-year time limit will be left to sink or swim, and for those in the inner city the situation will be catastrophic. The supply of low-skilled workers compared to the number of jobs that are available is so large that it would take 10 to 15 continuous years of economic expansion to absorb them. We've never had a period of sustained economic growth that has lasted that long. This means that if we want to prevent a large number of mothers and children...
...went on to defeat. Eagleton remained in the Senate, retiring in 1986, unwilling to undertake campaign fund raising. He serves on a presidential advisory board overseeing intelligence agencies; in 1995 he was instrumental in persuading the Los Angeles Rams to move to St. Louis. Would revelations of psychiatric treatment sink a candidacy today? Says Eagleton: "I think there is a greater understanding and awareness of depression. None of that was debated or discussed...
...snacking on trail mix. Liquid-fuel stoves with electronic ignitions have made matches passe; contraptions like the Camp Kitchen from Coleman, the Kansas-based gear purveyor, allow any hiker to play Martha Stewart. The portable kitchen weighs only 35 lbs. and yet contains 6 ft. of counter space, a sink, stove space, storage shelves, a paper-towel rack, a set of backgammon and a set of checkers. It all fits in a suitcase-size carrier. At $199 the movable diner is one of the company's best sellers...